Forensics: Developing a tool for identification - even using very degraded DNA samples
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
Frequently the only biological material available to identify persons is DNA in a very degraded state. In these cases, the kits usually employed to carry out DNA identifications do not produce accurate results, given that all the DNA is not available. Biochemists have now developed a tool for identifying persons from these small fragments of DNA.