July 2015—Qiagen launched two Investigator STR assay kits for analysis of DNA evidence in forensic laboratories in the United States—the Investigator 24plex QS Kit for amplification of the CODIS core and European Standard Set marker sets from casework samples and the Investigator 24plex GO! Kit for direct amplification of the CODIS core and ESS marker sets from reference samples. The kits comply with the latest U.S. requirements that labs must implement expanded marker sets by 2017 as part of an FBI upgrade of the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and also comply with European and Interpol standards.
The genetic fingerprint kits provide an integrated solution to simultaneously analyze multiple key genomic markers (short tandem repeats) for DNA matching. They incorporate the Investigator Quality Sensor to evaluate the quality of DNA in each sample, a novel Qiagen technology that enables labs to decide which evidence may provide valuable results.
The kits, which will soon be approved for use with the National DNA Index System, are designed for forensic samples to be amplified through polymerase chain reaction and separated and detected through capillary electrophoresis.
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