NCJ Number
37887
Date Published
1976
Length
246 pages
Annotation
THE FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE WAS STUDIED TO DETERMINE ITS APPLICABILITY TO BLOOD GROUP DIFFERENTIATION OF DRIED TWO-WEEK OLD BLOODSTAINS.
Abstract
INITIAL STUDIES WITH AN AMINCO-BOWMAN SPECTROPHOTOFLUOROMETER INDICATED POSSIBLE FEASIBILITY; THAT DIFFERENCES COULD BE DETECTED BETWEEN GROUP A AND B ANTIGENS REACTED WITH HOMOLOGOUS ANTIBODIES. FURTHER EXPERIMENTATION WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS DEVELOPING METHODOLOGY, REAGENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR A 'LOW ANGLE, DIRECT FLUORESCENCE TAGGING METHOD'. THIS METHOD INCORPORATED THE ANALYSIS OF BLOODSTAINED FABRICS AND DRIED BLOOD PARTICULATES. A PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT WAS DEVELOPED, AND ITS PROBLEM AREAS DEFINED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)