Release Date:
7/8/2009 3:50 PM
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DOTmed.com, June 16, 2009
Heathery Coyle, assistant professor of forensic science at UNH's Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, has developed a method for preparing skeletal remains for DNA extraction. They were able to extract DNA from mummy bones (approximately 800 years old) found in the Gobi Desert, and were just as successful upon trying the same on a case Dr. Coyle was working on in the United States.
Heathery Coyle, assistant professor of forensic science at UNH's Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, has developed a method for preparing skeletal remains for DNA extraction. They were able to extract DNA from mummy bones (approximately 800 years old) found in the Gobi Desert, and were just as successful upon trying the same on a case Dr. Coyle was working on in the United States.
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