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October 2017
NIST Experts Urge Caution in Use of Courtroom Evidence Presentation Method
Two experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are calling into question a method of presenting evidence in courtrooms, arguing that it risks allowin...
The Future of the CYP2D6 Molecular Autopsy using Tramadol-Exposed Individuals
Molecular autopsy describes the use of genetic data to aid in determining cause and/or manner of death in situations where traditional medico-legal autopsy is undetermined. Se...
NIST to Assess the Reliability of Forensic Methods for Analyzing DNA Mixtures
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will undertake a study to assess the reliability of forensic methods for analyzing DNA evidence that, if misapplied, ...
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s...
Probabilistic Genotyping: Magic Hat or Mixture Resolution Tool?
STRmix™ is an invaluable tool for resolving complex mixtures. Analysts are now able to make conclusions about samples that would previously have been reported as inconclus...
Scientists Automate Key Step in Forensic Fingerprint Analysis
The first big case involving fingerprint evidence in the United States was the murder trial of Thomas Jennings in Chicago in 1911. Jennings had broken into a home in the middl...