Daily Archives: September 17, 2013

New crime lab to offer internships, opportunities for collaboration

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Touch DNA TestingConstruction for the $11.9 million Bureau of Criminal Investigation crime lab will begin October on campus at the corner of North College Drive and Leroy Avenue.
The state-funded facility will be an upgrade from the BCI’s current office on East Wooster Street and will process forensic evidence from crime scenes around the state.

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Posted in Forensic Industry News

Dhaka factory collapse: No compensation without DNA identification

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SamsunEarlier this year a Bangladesh clothes factory collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people. Five months later, many of the dead have yet to be identified – prolonging the anguish for relatives, and denying them the right to compensation.

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Posted in Mass Disaster, Missing Persons

DNA test put on trial

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DucemanSchenectady murder case prosecution uses revolutionary technology for the first time in state.

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Posted in New ID Technologies