Development of a quality, high throughput DNA analysis procedure for skeletal samples to assist with the identification of victims from the World Trade Center attacks.

The attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) Towers on September 11, 2001, represented the single largest terrorist-related mass fatality incident in the history of the United States. More than 2,700 individuals of varied racial and ethnic background lost their lives that day. Through the efforts of thousands of citizens, including recovery workers, medical examiners, and forensic scientists, the identification of approximately 1,500 victims had been accomplished through June 2003 (the majority of these identifications were made within the first 8-12 months).

Development, characterization, and validation of a sensitive primate-specific quantification assay for forensic analysis.

Accurate human-specific DNA quantification is essential for forensic casework analysis. In this work, we describe a microplate-based quantification assay that utilizes the PCR amplification of human-specific TH01 primers. This method enables the reliable quantification of human DNA samples from 0.