dna technology was first used in forensics in 1984.
dna technology was first used in forensics in 1984.
when was dna technology first used in forensics?
1984
he served in the public health service from 1973 to 1981. he was a senior staff fellow at the national institutes of health in the laboratory of dr. philip leader working with robert weisberg from 1974 to 1977 studying bacteriophage lambda site-specific recombination and development of recombinant dna technology. in 1977, he moved to the national cancer institute where he continued the development of recombinant dna technology and also began his work on neurotropic herpes viruses. in 1981 he left the national cancer institute to be research director at molecular genetics incorporated in minnetonka, minnesota, where he worked on recombinant dna based viral vaccines. in 1984, he joined dupont as a research leader, where he ran a laboratory studying neurotropic viruses. in 1990, he joined dupont merck pharmaceutical company, where he was a senior research fellow working on developing neurotropic viruses as tools for gene therapy and studying the mammalian nervous system. in 1993, he accepted the position of tenured full professor of molecular biology at princeton university. his research interests are in the field of neurovirology, specifically on the mechanisms of herpesvirus spread and pathogenesis in the mammalian nervous system. he teaches an undergraduate course in virology and won the president’s award for teaching excellence in 2001.
lynn w. enquist
a major area of research and support is for forensics and the president's dna initiative. the federal bureau of investigation developed the combined dna index system (codis) system as a central database of dna profiles taken from offenders. in the late 1980s and 1990s, all of the states and the federal government required dna samples to be collected from offenders in certain types of cases. the demand (casework) for dna analysis in public crime laboratories increased 73% from 1997 to 2000, and by 2003, there was a backlog of 350,000 rape and homicide cases. in 2003, president george w. bush proposed the "advancing justice through dna technology" initiative, which would include $1 billion over five years to reduce backlogs, develop and improve capacity of state and local law enforcement to use dna analysis, support research and development to improve the technology, and additional training for those working in the criminal justice system.
national institute of justice