Date: 16/05/2023 15:37:49
From: ms spock
ID: 2031955
Subject: Human DNA can now be pulled from thin air or a footprint on the beach. Here’s what that could mean

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/15/health/human-dna-captured-from-air-scn/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2023-05-15T18%3A44%3A59&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN

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Date: 16/05/2023 21:10:50
From: monkey skipper
ID: 2032091
Subject: re: Human DNA can now be pulled from thin air or a footprint on the beach. Here’s what that could mean

Human DNA that has seeped into the environment through our spit, skin, sweat and blood could be used to help find missing persons, aid in forensic investigations to solve crimes, locate sites of archaeological importance, and for health monitoring through DNA found in waste water, the study noted.

However, the ability to capture human DNA from the environment could have a range of unintended consequences — both inadvertent and malicious, they added. These included privacy breaches, location tracking, data harvesting, and genetic surveillance of individuals or groups. It could lead to ethical hurdles for the approval of wildlife studies.

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I have a very vague memory of research of the oceans looking to detect what DNA was in the water for mapping what critters were living there or some such.

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Date: 17/05/2023 09:26:29
From: Arts
ID: 2032158
Subject: re: Human DNA can now be pulled from thin air or a footprint on the beach. Here’s what that could mean

This will make a court case interesting..

Prosecutions: The defendants DNA was found at the scene
Defence: your honour, my defendant catches the bus from the bus stop just near there… and you know we shed DNA everywhere, so unless the prosecution can prove that it wasn’t shed DNA form my client catching the bus, then we’ll make our lunch reservations.

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Date: 21/05/2023 20:58:20
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 2033966
Subject: re: Human DNA can now be pulled from thin air or a footprint on the beach. Here’s what that could mean

Environmental DNA is fantastic.

Incomplete, but fantastic.

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