Fingerprints May Hold More Information
For years, fingerprints have been significant in terms of identifying people involved in crimes, whether they are victims, suspects, or neither. But what if fingerprints could tell us more about the person they belong to than simply their identity? In the near future, this could be a reality as Sheffield Hallam University has pioneered technology to do just that. The technology is called Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MALDI-MSI) and is said to be able to determine the sex of the individual as well as certain chemicals or objects that they have recently come into contact with.
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[Abstract by Walter Tates, ForensIQ Inc. Intern. 040214]