What is Rapid DNA for human identification?
Rapid DNA is the fully automated process of generating a DNA ID, without the need for a technical user or laboratory, in less than two hours. The traditional DNA identification process takes weeks to months in a sophisticated laboratory with highly-trained personnel. ANDE has changed the rules- bringing the most accurate and secure biometric in human history in to the field and directly to those in public safety.
Fully-automated with minimal orientation requirements. Operators can be non-technical personnel.
Anyone
From offices and vehicles to harsh field-forward environments, ANDE Rapid DNA is portable and ruggedized to U.S. military specification 810G.
Anywhere
With answers in less than 2 hours, Rapid DNA can provide actionable results when time is of the essence for safety, efficiency, and grieving families.
Anytime
Enhanced laboratory efficiency- ANDE Rapid DNA can be utilized in laboratories to allow highly-trained laboratory technicians more time to focus on sample processing that requires their expertise.
Benefits of ANDE Rapid DNA:
Provides actionable results at the point of need under the immediate control of field personnel
Works anywhere humans can go
Reduces crime and improves safety by intercepting criminals faster
Enables the use of DNA in managing and directing investigations - never before possible with processing delays of weeks, months, or years
Shortens chain of custody - improves evidence handling
Protects individual privacy
Lower actual cost than any other DNA option
Provides the gold standard of human identification, superior to fingerprints and all other biometrics
Highly sensitive, provides answers where other systems fail
The ANDE Paradigm Shift
Sample Types:
Cheek swabs, Blood, Body tissue, Body fluid, Bones, Weapons, Clothing, Cups, Cans, Bottles, Cigarettes, Gum, Straws, Steering wheels, Cell phones, IEDs
Where ANDE Rapid DNA can be used:
Law Enforcement Offices
Disaster Sites
Crime Scenes
Prisons & Jails
Immigration & Border Entry
Mobile Labs
Military & Temporary Locations
Laboratories
ANDE Rapid DNA is NDIS (FBI)- Approved
ANDE was the first Rapid DNA system approved for the direct upload of results to the CODIS database. The initial approval in 2016 met the then-current standard of 13 CODIS Core Loci. Shortly after, in January 2017, the FBI expanded the requirement to 20 CODIS Core Loci. Once again, ANDE led the way—becoming the first Rapid DNA system to meet this new standard, enabling fully automated processing and upload to CODIS without the need for human data review.
The ANDE assay is globally compatible, generating results for the 20 CODIS Core Loci, the Expanded European Standard Set, and other international DNA databases.
To date, ANDE has successfully completed over 50 validations with leading agencies and organizations worldwide.
ANDE Protects Individual Privacy
Rapid DNA is not whole genome sequencing
Around fifty, 2-digit numbers
No health (current, past, or potential), ancestral/ethnic origin, or identifying information such as skin, hair, or eye color (only Amelogenin XX (female) or XY (male) chromosomes)
A very accurate fingerprint
Rapid DNA ID
vs.
Whole Genome Sequence
Around six billion characters of data
Contains detailed information on current health disorders, health risks, genealogy, ethnic origins, and all physical characteristics
A full and comprehensive picture of an individual (inside and out)
Understanding STR Analysis for Human Identification: Read More Here
The Rapid DNA Act of 2017
In May of 2017, the United States Congress passed The Rapid DNA Act of 2017, allowing Rapid DNA testing of arrestees at police stations. This was a major step forward to reducing sexual assault and other violent crimes across the country. The Act also required the FBI to issue standards and procedures for using Rapid DNA instruments to analyze DNA samples of criminal offenders and allowed those samples to be included in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
The historic bill received praise from both sides of the aisle and was passed unanimously.
