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15 - General Engineering
Brunel University London
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Article title
Design and manufacture of surface textures on gun cartridge cases to trap DNA material
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture
Article number
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Volume number
224
Issue number
8
First page of article
1229
ISSN of journal
2041-2975
Year of publication
2010
Number of additional authors
7
Additional information
US and Australian work has shown that the effectiveness of extracting deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from standard gun cartridges is low and so analysis costs are high (www.cci.gov/Reference/LpDNACtg_files). The presence of greater than 1 ng of trapped bio-material would increase the success rates of DNA profiling and facilitate cheaper DNA analysis. The aim of this work is to increase the amount of recoverable DNA from a gun user deposited on fired cartridges, using microtextured surfaces as DNA receptors. Success would increase the probability of identifying perpetrators of gun crime through DNA matching.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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No
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No
English abstract
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