Protein, From Hair, May Join DNA In Human Identification, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Study

Combing through the hair proteome, scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have uncovered markers that could be used to identify individual people. Although the scientists say that their technique needs refinement, they have already shown that a panel of 185 hair protein markers is sufficient to distinguish one person out of a population of one million. The scientists anticipate that once their technique is optimized, it will be possible to use just a few hairs, or even a single hair, to identify one person out of the world’s population.