On the identification of body fluids and tissues: a crucial link in the investigation and solution of crime

T Sijen, SA Harbison - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Body fluid and body tissue identification are important in forensic science as they can
provide key evidence in a criminal investigation and may assist the court in reaching …

DNA transfer in forensic science: recent progress towards meeting challenges

RAH van Oorschot, GE Meakin, B Kokshoorn, M Goray… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding the factors that may impact the transfer, persistence, prevalence and
recovery of DNA (DNA-TPPR), and the availability of data to assign probabilities to DNA …

MicroRNAs: an update of applications in forensic science

A Rocchi, E Chiti, A Maiese, E Turillazzi, I Spinetti - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs containing 18–24 nucleotides that
are involved in the regulation of many biochemical mechanisms in the human body. The …

Current methods for body fluid identification related to sexual crime: focusing on saliva, semen, and vaginal fluid

K Sakurada, K Watanabe, T Akutsu - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although, DNA typing plays a decisive role in the identification of persons from blood and
body fluid stains in criminal investigations, clarifying the origin of extracted DNA has also …

[HTML][HTML] From crime scene to courtroom: A review of the current bioanalytical evidence workflows used in rape and sexual assault investigations in the United Kingdom

N Dawnay, K Sheppard - Science & Justice, 2023 - Elsevier
Sexual assault casework requires the collaboration of multiple agency staff to formalise an
investigative pipeline running from crime scene to court. While the same could be said of …

A bacterial signature-based method for the identification of seven forensically relevant human body fluids

D Wohlfahrt, AL Tan-Torres, R Green, K Brim… - Forensic Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Detection and identification of body fluids plays a crucial role in criminal investigation, as it
provides information on the source of the DNA as well as corroborative evidence regarding …

Detection and discrimination of seminal fluid using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR FT-IR) spectroscopy combined with chemometrics

S Sharma, R Singh - International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Semen is most frequently encountered body fluid in forensic cases apart from blood
especially in sexual assault cases. The presence and absence of semen can help in …

MicroRNAs in hypertrophic, arrhythmogenic and dilated cardiomyopathy

E Chiti, M Di Paolo, E Turillazzi, A Rocchi - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs of about 20 nucleotides in length,
involved in the regulation of many biochemical pathways in the human body. The level of …

mRNA and microRNA stability validation of blood samples under different environmental conditions

Z Li, D Chen, Q Wang, H Tian, M Tan, D Peng… - Forensic Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
RNA molecules, including mRNAs and microRNAs (miRNAs), have been used for forensic
body fluid identification. Specific body fluids present unique mRNA expression patterns …

Best of both: a simultaneous analysis of mRNA and miRNA markers for body fluid identification

M Bamberg, M Bruder, L Dierig, SN Kunz… - Forensic Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The body fluid identification of traces found at crime scenes is crucial in relation of the
circumstance of crime. For this reason, the body fluid identification (BFI) by molecular …