Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Microbes can help identify people, like DNA, fingerprints – study

The sets of microbes people carry in their bodies are as unique as fingerprints, a new study shows. So law enforcers may be provided with yet another tool for identifying criminal suspects.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health studied the stool, saliva, skin and other bodily sites from 242 individuals over a one-year period. The scientists eventually came to the conclusion that it is possible to identify someone from their microbiomes – the variety of microbes people carry in their bodies. The findings were published in the PNAS journal.
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INC News, 12/05/2015 - via RT

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