Profiling of hair proteome revealed individual demographics

• Main Authors: Adav, Sunil S., Leung, Ching Yung, Ng, Kee Woei
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Hair Shaft; Hair Keratins; Proteomics; Forensic Science; Protein Abundance
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169704
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Human hair is often found at crime scenes, persists for a long time, and is a valuable biological specimen in forensic investigations. Hair contains minimal intact nuclear DNA for the discrimination of individual identity. In such cases, proteomics evaluation of hair proteins could provide an att...