CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced that its Applied Biosystems Identifiler® Direct and Identifiler® Plus forensic kits have been approved by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation for use by laboratories generating DNA profiles for inclusion in the National DNA Index System (NDIS) CODIS Database. The advanced capabilities of these new forensic kits, combined with the Applied Biosystems MiniFiler™ kit, which was NDIS approved last year, enable a new era of efficiency and effectiveness for forensic DNA laboratories.
