New Products for DNA Analysis, Digital Imaging and More

New Products for DNA Analysis, Digital Imaging, Fighting Contamination, and More

PCR Buffer
The EzWay Direct PCR Buffer contains key additives that overcome the inhibitory effects in whole blood and commonly used blood anticoagulants. Compatible with most thermostable DNA polymerases, there is no pretreatment step or modification of your current PCR protocol necessary. EzWay Direct PCR Buffer eliminates risks of sample loss and is a cost effective alternative to DNA purification.
Komabiotech, www.komabiotech.com


Analysis of DNA Mixtures
A DNA Mixture analysis module has recently been added to the GeneMarkerHID Human Identity software. The software automatically identifies potential mixtures based upon specific parameters including number of alleles per marker and peak area or height ratios. The mixture analysis function is all combined in one user-friendly interface, eliminating the mistake-prone tedium of data transfer.
SoftGenetics, www.softgenetics.com


Digital Imaging for Forensic Investigations
The MacroVIEW D — composed of a touch screen computer, a fixed camera, and a mobile camera — is designed to capture and store digital images of bodies examined at autopsy or during forensic investigations. Users select from shape drawing tools, editable text tags, voice comments, and video files to annotate case images. Files are automatically collected and organized into case folders.
Milestone, www.milestonemed.com


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Computer Forensics Faces Private Eye Competition

The Internet is boundless and cybercrime scenes stretch from personal desktops across the fiber networks that circle the globe. Digital forensic investigators like Harold Phipps, vice president of industry relations at Norcross Group in Norcross, Ga., routinely slip across conventional geographic jurisdictions in pursuit of digital evidence and wrongdoers.

Lawmakers across the Savannah River in Columbia, S.C., have different ideas, however. Under pending legislation in South Carolina, digital forensic evidence gathered for use in a court in that state must be collected by a person with a PI license or through a PI licensed agency.