Special Issue "The Contribution of Proteomics and Post-mortem Laboratory Investigations in Forensic Pathology"
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2023 | Viewed by 908
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forensic sciences have seen remarkable development in recent years thanks to the advancement of numerous new diagnostic technologies in forensic pathology. We are witnessing the development of new fields such as forensic proteomics consisting in the identification of proteins and their characterization with respect to structure, function, activity, quantity and molecular interactions in the forensic field. In this direction, various studies have, for example, explored the role of the identification of new protein biomarkers analyzed on post-mortem biological samples in order to provide new scientific evidence with respect to various questions of forensic interest including the post-mortem interval (PMI) or the cause of death. The purpose of this Special Issue is to demonstrate the role that the study of proteins and in general that forensic laboratory investigations on cadavers can have in post-mortem diagnostics and in forensic sciences. This Special Issue is supervised by Prof. Dr. Isabella Aquila and assisted by our Topical Advisory Panel Member Dr. Matteo Antonio Sacco. To this end, contributions on the following topics are welcome:
- forensic proteomics;
- proteins;
- post-mortem interval;
- molecular interactions;
- forensic biology;
- forensic biochemistry;
- forensic laboratory;
- forensic investigations.
Prof. Dr. Isabella Aquila
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- proteomics
- proteins
- forensic biology
- post mortem interval
- forensic biochemistry
