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May 28, 2008 | Volume 2, Issue 8 Subscribe | Advertising Services | Contact Us
 
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Determining Weight Calibration Intervals
Charles Dickens wrote in the Tale of Two Cities "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". In the laboratory it is always the best of times when management purchases new equipment, and the worst is yet to come when it needs to be maintained. Maintenance should be based on a set of measurements that identify changes in the equipment over time and not some arbitrary date set - with no thought as to why.

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Introducing the Quantifiler® Duo DNA Quantification Kit
The Quantifiler® Duo kit from Applied Biosystems simultaneously provides quantitative and qualitative assessment of total human and human male DNA, enabling forensic laboratories to obtain more information in a single quantification reaction. This guides STR chemistry selection while streamlining workflow and increasing downstream analysis success rates. When combined with the AmpFℓSTR® PCR Amplification Kits, including Yfiler® and MiniFiler™, the forensic DNA workflow becomes fully integrated to maximize recovery of interpretable STR profiles from sexual assault and challenging samples.  To learn more, visit duo.appliedbiosystems.com.
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Evidence Packaging
The evidence you're likely to come across at a crime scene can vary greatly in size, type, and physical structure. You may have items as small as human hairs and as large as SUVs. You may have items ranging from solid and stable, like a hammer, to fragile and subject to change, like footprints left in snow. No matter what you're presented with, though, it's up to you to capture all of the evidence you find and maintain its integrity; if you fail to do so, you may jeopardize your entire case when it goes to court. Let's take a look at the best way to package the evidence you find at crime scenes.

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