Forensic Context

A study in humans using massively parallel sequencing identified the mir-664b-3p as an absolute specific marker for venous blood, demonstrating high specificity and expression in forensic body fluid identification [Liu et al. DOI:10.3390/genes13091530]. This research, which characterized small RNA profiles in six forensically relevant body fluids/tissues, established the mir-664b-3p as a stable and specific RNA marker for distinguishing venous blood from other biological samples in forensic genetics [Liu et al. DOI:10.1007/s00414-025-03656-2].