In forensic practice, library preparation for sequencing has been identified as a significant bottleneck to broader adoption. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) library preparation is usually a multistep process and requires costly reagents and substantial hands-on operations. To ensure a high degree...
Every 62 seconds, an American is subjected to sexual assault (source: Rainn Statistics). Yet only few cases are solved because of the backlogs of untested sexual assault kits. Processing these kits will bring justice for victims. In order to reduce the backlog of SAEKs some states are outsourcing this work to the third party laboratories to run the tests manually. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work.