Samples: precision is a must! Some objects may offer several sampling opportunities. Let’s take the example of a bottle: by analysing the bottle neck, DNA can often be revealed… But the body of the bottle can also reveal papillary or […]
Practical matter
Can DNA samples be taken from food? All mediums taken to mouth and on which saliva has been deposited may include DNA traces: candies, fruits–or fruit pits–ice cream sticks, chewing-gums, but also cigarette butts or cutlery, may be subject to […]
Cold case
Cold cases require leading-edge techniques specially suited to the analysis of old sealed evidence. At IGNA, the Strasbourg laboratory now specializes in that type of cases. Here’s an example. The year was 1983. The body of a woman had just […]
Standpoint traced…
A few months ago, IGNA won the call for tenders of the Ministry of Justice for trace analysis. Time has come for a first assessment. As one can imagine, this is a big endeavor… “It took much time and the involvement […]