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Team Developing Novel Method for Retrospective Drug MonitoringThe body tends to clear drug metabolites within one week, and often sooner. Therefore, detecting drug use after the fact presents a challenge. As it solves more and more cases through genealogy, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Cold Case Unit has opened a hotline so that the public can send in information about old and unsolved ... Eventually, due to the quality of the DNA samples preserved from the crime scene in conjunction with the advances of forensic science, additional investigative opportunities presented themselves. Clearing the backlog and testing the kits has helped solve at least 21 sexual assault cases—a number that is not exhaustive and will grow over time. Researchers have analyzed the distribution of the portion of DNA inherited from Neanderthals in the genomes of humans (Homo sapiens) over the last 40,000 years. |
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