Applied DNA Sciences opens authentication laboratory in UK

Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA security solutions, has opened an authentication laboratory in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK.

The laboratory will produce forensic evidence of originality and product identity, and will be operated by Applied DNA Sciences’s (APDN’s) subsidiary, Applied DNA Sciences Europe.

Located at the Textile Centre of Excellence, this new facility will be utilized to service all of APDN’s business, including the immediate goals of expanding both the SigNature DNA and BioMaterial GenoTyping textile programs, and providing authentication services for the cash-in-transit industry, said APDN.

Expansion into the UK will help APDN better serve its growing international market throughout Europe and support a number of new corporate objectives, noted APDN.

APDN added that it will begin immediately testing recovered bank notes to assist UK police in prosecuting apprehended suspects to the fullest extent of the law.

SigNature DNA is combined with ‘degradation’ dyes that leave a visible stain on currency which is the hallmark used by banks to remove the note from circulation. Included in the DNA-dye complex are invisible dyes used by the UK police to verify DNA-marked notes. SigNature DNA is sprayed onto currency in ATMs or cash transport boxes whenever they are disturbed, the company said.