NIST Releases New Forensic Genetic Reference Material to Help Crime Laboratories Analyze Challenging Cases
Reposted from NIST with permission. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new forensic DNA reference material, RM 8043, that includes degraded DNA as well as mixtures of high-quality DNA from multiple individuals. This material will help crime labs verify that their methods produce accurate results when analyzing these kinds of samples. […]