Book Chapter

Forensic Science-Conclusions and Perspectives

Halámek, Jan, Katz, Evgeny

2016

Overview

Forensic science is in a unique position among all other scientific fields because of its important social impact. Indeed, forensic science is at the interface of natural sciences and law implications in civil and criminal cases. Numerous analytical methods borrowed from chemistry and physics, such as various spectroscopic techniques and electrochemistry, have received tremendous applications in subareas of forensic science. Portable Raman and infrared (IR) spectrometers, electrochemical sensors and biosensors, and single‐use paper‐strip bioanalytical assays continue to become more affordable and accessible to crime investigations. Biomolecular analytical methods, including DNA analysis, proteomics, metabolomics, biomolecular computing, and in vivo imaging, have high importance in forensic science, but their use is not exactly the same as in medicine, thus requiring special adaptation to the needs of forensic science. Analysis of various biomarkers found in biofluids at a crime scene, particularly based on immunoassay and multienzyme biocatalytic reactions, is progressing toward practical applications.

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
• Subject: BCI / brain‐machine interfaces / brain–computer interface / cloning / cybernetic technology / ethics / neuroethics / neuromotor prostheses
• ISBN: 3527338942, 9783527338948