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Rapid DNA at crime scenes

Recorded year2025

DNA profiles come back in under two hours.

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Built on

PCRRecorded · 1983enables
DNA fingerprintingRecorded · 1984enables
National DNA databaseRecorded · 1995enables

Led to

Molecular crime-scene reconstructionForecast · ~2050enables

Sources & evidence

Additional source

Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.