Module 15 :: Emerging Trends
Topic 2 :: Automation
Portable DNA Typing Laboratory
Crime scene investigators are interested in onsite DNA testing. With the current ability to miniaturize laboratory components, some handheld or at least crime scene vehicle-based instrumentation will become available to type evidentiary material quickly at the crime scene. Such technology will never totally replace laboratory-based analyses because the environmental conditions at many crime scenes are not conducive to the efficient screening of evidence or for adequate contamination control.