DNA mixture interpretation can produce opposing conclusions by qualified forensic analysts,
even within the same laboratory. The long-delayed publication of the National Institutes of …

Minute amounts of DNA representing only few diploid cells, may be interrogated using
enhanced DNA profiling, which will be accompanied by stochastic amplification effects …

Quantification of human DNA has been an integral part of forensic DNA analysis.
Hybridization-based methods such as QuantiBlot® kits were used extensively in the 1990s …

Crime laboratories have been faced with large casework backlogs due to lengthy
processing times, limited resources and scientists, and rising crime rates. Evidence related …

A number of studies have demonstrated that successful analysis of degraded DNA
specimens from mass disasters or forensic evidence improves with smaller sized …

Trace or Touch DNA is one of the most common types of DNA samples found at crime
scenes and is often collected in vast quantities from crime scene exhibits. Quantification …

In the conventional forensic DNA workflow, the number of contributors in a sample is
unknown until the final step of STR analysis. We propose a high-resolution melt curve …

Abstract The Ohio Attorney General's Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing Initiative has resulted
in nearly 14,000 kits being processed since the initiation of the project in 2012. A logistic …

A number of recent improvements have provided contemporary forensic investigations with
a variety of tools to improve the analysis of mixed DNA samples in criminal investigations …

The role of DNA damage in PCR processivity/fidelity is a relevant topic in molecular
investigation of aged/forensic samples. In order to reproduce one of the most common …