DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

[frogdreaming]

mingwan,

re

"I wonder whether we might also see another follow-on announcement related to usage of the test from another agency..."

Hopefully there is something more to substantiate this tack. If not it has a whiff of desperation to it. The increased confidence in the test and the improved ability to differentiate geographical origins is definitely a positive achievement, but to spin it into the war on terrorism seems a bit drastic.

Can you envision a scenario in which it would have any value?

These aren't crimes that tend to leave DNA at the crime scene, unless of course it is the body of the suicide bomber himself, in which case the value of the test is moot. After such a crime it is quite evident who the perpetrators were by the claims made by in the press by the terrorists themselves. Anyone from the geological regions in question who is even remotely suspicious is already being tracked by homeland security.

I hope there is something to your premise, because if it is merely an attempt to leverage the present crisis, then it looks weak.

regards,
frog