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Until then, look through posts from her new blog, check out the company’s services, or learn about active and recently solved cases from our local law enforcement. See how a professor turned forensic ecologist inspects a crime scene for clues, and discover how a eureka moment in a university lab led to the discovery of DNA fingerprinting.
Along with writing “cat-chy” headlines, the University of Leicester (U.K.) has developed a new technique to extract DNA from pet hair. In a 2023 study published in Forensic Science International: Genetics, researchers concluded: “Through these means it is now possible to discriminate between individual cats to a much greater degree when considering cat hairs or other degraded DNA sources as evidential material.”
→ Get article and link to study at University of Leicester (U.K.)
In the journal, Genes, a University of New Haven professor discusses this relatively new tool in cold case investigations.
→ Download paper (for free) at the National Library of Medicine.
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