FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Biosystems (NYSE: ABI), an Applera Corporation business, today announced a new service program for forensic DNA laboratories. The new Applied Biosystems Validation Support & Training Program is intended to make it faster and easier for forensic DNA laboratories to comply with quality assurance standards and validation guidelines. Validation is the documented, scientific evaluation of the performance and analysis of DNA technologies that provides objective evidence to demonstrate the validity and reliability of the forensic DNA test results.