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Dead or Alive? Identification of Postmortem Blood Through Detection of D-Dimer.

Amy N Brodeur, Tai-Hua Tsai, Gulnaz T Javan, Dakota Bell, Christian Stadler, Gabriela Roca, Sara C Zapico

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Article in Biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Amy N BrodeurBiomedical Forensic Sciences, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1232-9834
Tai-Hua TsaiBiomedical Forensic Sciences, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Gulnaz T JavanDepartment of Physical and Forensic Sciences, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0957-0603
Dakota BellLone Star College Montgomery, Conroe, TX 77384, USA.
Christian StadlerSERATEC® Gesellschaft für Biotechnologie mbH, Ernst-Ruhstrat-Strasse 5, 37079 Göttingen, Germany.
Gabriela RocaSERATEC® Gesellschaft für Biotechnologie mbH, Ernst-Ruhstrat-Strasse 5, 37079 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-2700-588X
Sara C ZapicoDepartment of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3605-5690

Funding

NIH HHS R16-GM149358
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At crime scenes, apart from the detection of blood, it may be important to determine whether a person was alive at the time of blood deposition. Based on the rapid onset of fibrinolysis after death, this pathway could be considered to identify potential biomarkers for postmortem blood. Fibrinolysis is the natural process that breaks down blood clots after healing a vascular injury. One of its products, D-dimer, could be a potential biomarker for postmortem blood. SERATEC

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D-dimerDNA profileimmunochromatographic testmenstrual bloodpostmortem blood

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PMID40723344
PMCPMC12292195

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