Testing Kit for Forensic Market

A new test designed for the forensic market can identify the percentage of an individual's genetic makeup.

Called DNAWitness, the test is based on proprietary technology developed by DNAPrint Genomics, Inc. (Sarasota, FL, USA), which states it is the only testing method available with this predictive capability. DNAWitness forensic technology analyzes DNA recovered at a crime scene and provides the percentage of bio-geographical (BGA) makeup among four possible genetic groups: Sub-Saharan Africa, Native-American, East Asian, and Indo-European, thereby narrowing the list of potential suspects that investigators are seeking in connection with a crime.

The kit contains all of the reagents and protocols required for forensic laboratories around the world to perform their own ancestry analysis. Proprietary online software provided by DNAPrint is expected to enable investigators to interpret their results and relate them to the likely anthropometric (physical) features of a would-be suspect by referencing DNA samples to DNAPrint's ancestry databases. The kit can be utilized on capillary eletrophoresis (CE) instruments commonly found in forensic and university laboratories.

"This kit puts the power of DNAPrnt's forensic technology directly into the hands of local crime-scene investigators,” stated Zach Gaskin, technical coordinator of forensics at DNAPrint. "It is also a valuable time- and cost-saving investigative tool because it reduces the number of false leads that detectives normally would have to chase.”




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