Blood sample card, United States, 1991-2000
Cards like this one are used by the United States Armed Forces to store blood samples from personnel. Additional information including name, date of birth and branch of the armed forces is also recorded. Blood samples containing DNA can legally only be used to identify human remains and not for criminal investigations. The card was donated to the Science Museum’s collections by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
Object number:
2000-579
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Glossary:
Glossary: DNA
DNA stores the information, or blueprints, of every cell and is located in the genes. It is made up of two strands which form a double helix that is linked by hydrogen bonds. It was first described in 1953 by Francis Crick and James Watson.
Glossary: blood sample card
used to collect blood samples for storage purposes