Cybergenetics was founded in 1994 to commercialize technology developed privately by Dr. Mark Perlin arising from his research for the Human Genome Project. Dr. Perlin created automated STR interpretation and analysis technology that could easily analyze and interpret DNA data rapidly and cost effectively, while reducing human error.
In 1998 Dr. Perlin was approached by the UK Forensic Science Service to adapt Cybergenetics automated STR technology for automating forensic single source DNA analysis and interpretation. Working with some of the foremost laboratories in forensics, Cybergenetics began to develop technology that could analyze and interpret complex mixed crimes scene DNA in a matter of minutes.
In 2002, the New York State Police submitted the first NDIS validation for expert systems in the US for TrueAllele® Databank. The NYSP later published their groundbreaking scientific validation in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, where it became the foundation for the Federal expert system validation standards. In 2006 the NYSP submitted a second NDIS validation for TrueAllele Databank as an expert system that was approved.
In September 2006, Cybergenetics won a contract to reanalyze and reinterpret all the DNA victim remains from the World Trade Center terrorist attack using its TrueAllele Casework system. TrueAllele Casework enables fast, accurate and objective interpretation of complex DNA crime scene evidence by preserving all the information inherent in the DNA. A recent validation with the NYSP has shown that TrueAllele Casework can provide information for almost all crime scene evidence items when DNA is present, compared with human interpretation that fails to get match information in 2/3 of case items.
In 2009, TrueAllele Casework results were presented in court in the murder case Foley vs State of Pennsylvania. This was the first time that automated computer interpretation was accepted into court as evidence, and helped convict the defendant.
Cybergenetics recently introduced TrueAllele Database, a powerful tool for creating relational databases that enable rapid search and match of DNA profiles. TrueAllele Database is a scalable technology that can be customized to create large national databases as well as multiple sub-databases for easy searching within and across categories.
Cybergenetics suite of TrueAllele technology products provides any organization processing STR DNA with a sophisticated range of computer automated interpretation, search and match capabilities. TrueAllele technology is currently in use in government, commercial and research facilities around the world. Currently, Cybergenetics is exploring other areas where its TrueAllele technology's speed and information capability can help to make society a better and safer place.