Keyboard Swab (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Keyboard Swab

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A new technique developed at CU‑Boulder to identify individuals by the unique communities of hand bacteria they leave behind on objects they have handled may prove to be a valuable forensic tool in the future.

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Steve Miller, CIRES

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