Softgenetics has added STR Human Identity Analysis capability to its Nextgene software program, giving it accuracy, time and cost savings over conventional capillary electrophoresis methodologies.
This addition is the result of a collaborative development project with Dr Mitchell Holland, director of forensic science and associate professor at Pennsylvania State University, and his colleagues According to Softgene, the new capability within Nextgene could be employed to reduce the current backlog of CODIS and other identity profiling being experienced by many state law enforcement agencies.
Nextgene takes advantage of the faster and lower cost STR (Short Tandem Repeat) analysis afforded by next generation pyrosequencing platforms such as the Roche Life Sciences FLX systems.
Its multistep alignment methodology is able to accurately align thousands of reads in seconds and the incorporated barcode sorting tool makes it easy to work with multiplexed forensic human identity samples.
SNPs are conveniently displayed in the mutation report while STR polymorphisms are counted and the results displayed in the expression report.
Softgene offers 30-day trials and no cost web-based training on its genetic analysis software packages.
Interested parties may request the software on the company's website.
