Nagoya Forensic Scientists Recover Human DNA from Mosquitos
![Stereomicroscopic images of two mosquito species at taken at different times after feeding on human blood. The upper and lower images respectively show Culex pipiens pallens and Aedes albopictus at different stages of digesting a human blood meal. (a) Unfed, and (b) 0 h, (c) 24 h, and (d) 72 h after-feeding. © Toshimich Yamamoto Nagoya Forensic Scientists Recover Human DNA from Mosquitos](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Fig_Yamamoto.jpg)
Nagoya, Japan – Most people would agree that painful mosquito bites are an especially annoying part of summer. Except perhaps forensic scientists, who can examine human blood from a mosquito’s stomach and match the DNA to determine who was bitten. This technique can help police work out who was at a crime scene and in […]