NEW ORLEANS & CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2006--ReliaGene Technologies, a New Orleans based human identification testing and research laboratory, today announced the launch of Y-Screen(TM) featuring Invitrogen’s (Nasdaq:IVGN) ChargeSwitch(R) Forensic DNA Purification Kit. Y-Screen(TM) is the first comprehensive forensic DNA analysis system for the purification and detection of human male DNA in crime scene evidence samples. Y-Screen’s use of DNA specifically linked to the Y chromosome, found only in males, provides an unprecedented ability to identify and differentiate male DNA from female DNA in forensic evidence and will offer particular utility in DNA analysis of sexual assault cases.
