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Then why don’t they just collect it ‘everywhere’ and not directly from people’s mouths?
by code_duck 8y ago
Then why don’t they just collect it ‘everywhere’ and not directly from people’s mouths?
- jghn 8y agoSometimes they do [1] [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/nation/2018/12/18/she-swiped-her-co-workers-coke-can-police-say-it-cracked-year-old-murder-case/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/nation/2018/12/18/she...
- Scoundreller 8y agoURLs that strip out punctuation are fun. Is the article: "She swiped her co-worker’s coke. Can police say it cracked a 28-year-old murder case?" or "She swiped her co-worker’s Coke can. Police say it cracked a 28-year-old murder case."
- azinman2 8y agoSo aside from the other post showing just one of many instances of crime scene investigation (unofficial in that case), this particular story is obviously extremely shady and very unclear what their exact goals are. Otherwise if you really wanted lots of DNA you’d be a “dishwasher” at a restaurant.
- car 8y agoThat would include the DNA of all food items and microbes. Doable, but a costly waste of sequencing capacity, at least at the moment.
- code_duck 7y agoRight, I was posing that question rhetorically to make essentially those points. Obtaining DNA in this manner is different than collecting samples left publicly. I also wonder if they’re asking these people for their names, IDs, medical history, classifying or selecting by race, etc information.