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| Sorenson Forensics Launches Industry’s Only Ancestry DNA Test for Law Enforcement |
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SALT LAKE CITY — Sorenson Forensics today launched its new Investigative Law Enforcement Ancestry DNA Test (Investigative LEAD), putting cutting-edge genetic profiling expertise into the hands of investigators trying to identify unknown criminal suspects and victims. The forensics company unveiled Investigative LEAD during the American Academy of Forensic Science Conference in Chicago held during the week of February 21-26.
Sorenson Forensics' Executive Director Timothy D. Kupferschmid says Investigative LEAD may prove to be the DNA-based equivalent to the criminal composite drawings used to help track down suspects from witness descriptions. The difference: Investigative LEAD does not need anything but a genetic sample to give investigators a graphical representation of a suspect or victim's genetic affinity to five major populations. Read the rest of the press release here . |
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