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Series: 2023 NIJ Forensic R&D Webinar Series

Body Fluid Identification and Classification

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November 2023

In the first installment of the 20230R&D Webinar Series, Dr. Sarah Seashols Williams from Virginia Commonwealth University, demonstrates the ability to classify body fluids using miRNA expression from DNA extracts with 92% accuracy, eliminating the need for RNA extraction, greatly reducing evidentiary sample consumption and processing time in forensic laboratories.