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Article: Biological Warfare, Advanced Diagnostics
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- World of Forensic Science
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Biological Warfare, Advanced Diagnostics
Forensic analysis techniques are often used for other applications. For example, various chromatographic techniques can be used to examine an array of materials, including
blood
and other forensically-relevant samples.
Technologies that are used to detect biological warfare agents can be relevant to forensic analyses. These include the detection of living bacteria, based on the metabolic conversion of one compound to another by the organisms. Indeed, one novel technology can detect the distinctive aromas emitted by bacteria when they metabolize certain compounds.
Toxins
that are produced by bacteria including
Bacillus anthracis
(the agent of
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