Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced the launch of a new genetic analysis system designed to optimize data quality and deliver increased reliability, performance, quality assurance and ease-of-use specifically for forensic DNA testing laboratories. The Applied Biosystems 3500 Series Genetic Analyzer is the latest advancement in the company’s industry leading line of capillary electrophoresis (CE) DNA sequencing systems, and has been validated to support a specific feature set and workflow for human identification (HID) applications. The company made the announcement at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 62nd Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington.
“Combining the innovation in our next-generation genetic analysis systems with recent improvements in our assay kits will dramatically enhance efficiency and performance across the human identification workflow, and ultimately ease the challenges forensic scientists face in their laboratories every day”
While DNA analysis has achieved broad acceptance from both the public and members of the legal community, common challenges, including cost and time constraints, are still faced by professionals in forensic laboratories. The introduction of the 3500 Series helps forensic scientists better address these challenges by providing an integrated HID system approach and solution, including Applied Biosystems’ validated HID reagents, consumables and software, which enhances productivity and enables easy generation of cost-effective analyses and high-quality data.