Next-gen bio-forensics
Next-generation-sequencing-based forensic DNA analysis that predicts a crime-scene DNA source's physical appearance and biogeographic ancestry, or matches it against public genealogy databases to generate investigative leads, going beyond the traditional STR profiling that can only confirm an identity already suspected — sold to law enforcement by specialty forensic-genomics producers (Parabon NanoLabs, Verogen, Identitas) and developed in part by academic forensic-genetics groups (Erasmus MC) whose assays are licensed into commercial kits.
diagnostics-medtech
8 min