Crime laboratories in the United States and elsewhere face a rapidly changing technological environment. Many aspects of the DNA forensic science process in the laboratory have been automated: collection, extraction, laboratory process tracking (LIMS). Yet in too many forensic laboratories, DNA samples and evidence remain on the shelves because there is not enough time to interpret and analyze this information. Furthermore, more efficient technologies for collecting DNA from crime scenes, and legislation that increases DNA collection from criminal suspects, is greatly increasing the burden on forensic laboratories to process greater amounts of DNA in a shorter time frame.
Cybergenetics TrueAllele® Databank and TrueAllele Casework are efficient solutions to helping forensic laboratories increase their productivity with existing staff while improving laboratory productivity, quality and processes. TrueAllele Databank technologies rapidly process single source and convicted offender data at the rate of 88 samples per minute. Using a single computer and one full time equivalent, a lab can review up to a million samples a year. TrueAllele Casework deconvolves complex crime scene DNA and presents the answers as simple single source profiles, making it easy for analysts to arrive at the correct answer. TrueAllele Casework also can be used to rapidly identify difficult human remains from mass disasters. TrueAllele Casework's powerful profile matching and database component enables a lab to create and maintain an independent internal lab based database.