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The Wisconsin Historical Society has asked University of Wisconsin textile expert Majid Sarmadi to run a blood test on a bedspread that may have covered President Abraham Lincoln after he was shot 150 years ago. Sarmadi and the state's crime lab have run their own preliminary tests, and the FBI may be asked to conduct its own test.
If blood is present, Sarmadi said he hoped to confirm eventually whether it was Lincoln's blood through DNA tests on other assassination artefacts.
No DNA test has been conducted on any artefacts such as a pillow on display at the Ford's Theatre museum known to contain Lincoln's blood, because of fears of ruining them, Bellais said.
"Technology now has it that you can actually test these things without destroying the pieces," Bellais said. "I wouldn't be surprised that fairly soon we will have Lincoln DNA on record."
Yes, it is almost time to clone Lincoln.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday April 14 2015, @11:46PM
One could find relatives and possible markers for various psychological properties.
(Score: 2) by Zinho on Wednesday April 15 2015, @03:03PM
One could find . . . possible markers for various psychological properties.
Is there a need for that? Lincoln's bouts of "melancholy" are well documented, so we already know that he suffered from clinical depression. The best you'd get from DNA analysis is correlation against the already-know behaviors he showed. Analyzing DNA from a modern subject who could be interviewed in person instead of studied via historical documents would be more useful.
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