Forensic Context

A study in humans demonstrated that the miR-412-3p showed no expression or had Ct values greater than 35 in menstrual blood samples and was consequently discarded from a panel of miRNA candidates tested for forensic body fluid identification [Altmeyer et al. DOI:10.1002/elps.202400089]. A study in humans demonstrated that the miR-412-3p was observed in three of five menstrual blood samples and in four of five semen samples using a capillary electrophoresis multiplex system, but it did not provide additional information to the multiplex for body fluid identification [Mayes et al. DOI:10.1016/j.legalmed.2017.10.013].