Criminals can't easily edit their DNA out of forensic databases
- Written by Caitlin Curtis, Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures (Genomics), The University of Queensland
You're knicked - and so is your DNA. from www.shutterstock.com There have been a number of news articles over the last week or so reporting that to avoid being matched to criminal forensic databases, criminals could edit their genomes using cheap, online kits.
What seems to be at the centre of these articles, and giving them a sense of...