Re:Woman sues after DNA from rape kit used to arrest her
by jjcon on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:50PM
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Yes - blood must be kept at very specific temperatures and conditions if you want to preserve its usefulness in DNA sequencing - most of these are dried blood cards without strong controls which makes them not particularly useful for good DNA data.
Re:Woman sues after DNA from rape kit used to arrest her
by User23 on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:55PM
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Scientists have extracted usable DNA from from 7000 year old corpses. I imagine the technology exists for a decades old blood sample if it’s stored at least somewhat properly.
Re:Woman sues after DNA from rape kit used to arrest her
by jjcon on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:11PM
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Yes that is very true - There is however quite a bit of difference between a full corpse that is mildly preserved and a dried fleck of blood - a big difference too between a stored fluid blood sample and these pinprick dried sample.
Why is that? Is it because of sample degradation of some kind?