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Targeted-Ion Mass Spectrometry For The Identification Of Forensically Relevant Biological Fluids And Samples From Sexual Assault Evidence, Heather Erin Mckiernan
Targeted-Ion Mass Spectrometry For The Identification Of Forensically Relevant Biological Fluids And Samples From Sexual Assault Evidence, Heather Erin Mckiernan
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Forensic practitioners have long sought efficient and reliable means for identifying those samples that are best suited for successful genetic profiling. Traditional serological screening methodologies rely upon enzyme activity and antibody-based serological tests. These tests can be consumptive, laborious and costly while reliance on antibody-based serological testing can be prone to error. Positive results resulting from non-target biological fluids, the potential for cross- reactivity and non-specific binding events yield merely presumptive results. This has led forensic biologists to omit serological testing, at least in the case of sexual assault kit samples, in favor of Y-Screen assays. While these Y-Screen approaches …