title: [Current status of DNA databases in the forensic field: new progress, new legal needs].
abstract: One of the most polemic issues regarding the use of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in the legal sphere, refers to the creation of DNA databases. Until relatively recently, Spain did not have a law to support the establishment of a national DNA profile bank for forensic purposes, and preserve the fundamental rights of subjects whose data are archived therein. The regulatory law of police databases regarding identifiers obtained from DNA approved in 2007, covers this void in the Spanish legislation and responds to the incessant need to adapt the laws to continuous scientific and technological progress.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Medicina Forense, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baeta
authors.forename: Begoña
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martínez-Jarreta
mesh_terms: D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D053803:Forensic Genetics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers