Evaluation of a novel tagging and tissue preservation system for potential use in forensic sample collection.
The authors describe a new, easy-to-use barcode-based tissue collection, preservation and body tracking system, which might prove instrumental in the containment of mass fatalities such as aircraft accidents, war related accidents, environmental disasters (e.g. earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods) terrorist bombings or mass murders.
Grassberger
Martin
M
Medical University of Vienna, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sensengasse 2, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. martin.grassberger@meduniwien.ac.at
Stein
Christina
C
Hanslik
Stefan
S
Hochmeister
Manfred
M
D004247:DNA / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D013696:Temperature; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
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