TY - JOUR
T1 - Study of CTS DNA Proficiency Tests with Regard to DNA Mixture Interpretation
T2 - A NIST Scientific Foundation Review
AU - Bille, Todd
AU - Coble, Michael D.
AU - Kalafut, Tim
AU - Buckleton, John
PY - 2022/11/21
Y1 - 2022/11/21
N2 - The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a document entitled DNA Mixture Interpretation: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review for public comment. This has become known as the Draft NIST Foundation Review. It contains the statement: "Across these 69 data sets, there were 80 false negatives and 18 false positives reported from 110,408 possible responses (27,602 participants × two evidence items × two reference items). In the past five years, the number of participants using PGS has grown." We examine a set of proficiency test results to determine if these NIST statements could be justified. The summary reports for each relevant forensic biology test (Forensic Biology, Semen, and Mixture) in the years 2018-2021 were reviewed. Data were also provided to us by CTS upon our request. None of the false positives or negatives could be attributed to the mixture interpretation strategy and certainly not to the use of PGS.
AB - The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a document entitled DNA Mixture Interpretation: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review for public comment. This has become known as the Draft NIST Foundation Review. It contains the statement: "Across these 69 data sets, there were 80 false negatives and 18 false positives reported from 110,408 possible responses (27,602 participants × two evidence items × two reference items). In the past five years, the number of participants using PGS has grown." We examine a set of proficiency test results to determine if these NIST statements could be justified. The summary reports for each relevant forensic biology test (Forensic Biology, Semen, and Mixture) in the years 2018-2021 were reviewed. Data were also provided to us by CTS upon our request. None of the false positives or negatives could be attributed to the mixture interpretation strategy and certainly not to the use of PGS.
KW - CTS
KW - Forensic DNA interpretation
KW - probabilistic genotyping
KW - proficiency testing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142606108&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/genes13112171
DO - 10.3390/genes13112171
M3 - Article
C2 - 36421845
AN - SCOPUS:85142606108
SN - 2073-4425
VL - 13
JO - Genes
JF - Genes
IS - 11
M1 - 2171
ER -