Digital Forensics Rescues Retro Video Games and Software
Starting in the mid-1980s, a young man named Stephen Cabrinety filled his home with video games and software. Unopened boxes were piled to the ceilings—everything from early word processing programs such as WordStar to vintage releases of Pong, Doom and SimCity. Although at the time some might have thought he suffered a peculiar obsession, today […]
The Comparison of DNA Extractions from Hair Shafts and Evaluation of the 10-Plex PowerSeq Kit by Promega with Low Copy Number Samples
DNA extraction from hair shafts is a common practice in forensic casework. However, the amount of nuclear (n) DNA recovered from hair shafts is usually below what is needed for STR analysis, leading forensic scientists to rely on mitochondrial (mt) DNA analysis due to its high copy number characteristics. Submitted by: Jamie Gallimore, Penn State […]
