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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: 3, Insightful) by sigma on Wednesday April 15 2015, @02:47AM
It's not like it's a beautiful work of art or some holy relic that people come to gaze upon
Yes it is, it's exactly like a holy relic.
A large part of the problem with US politics is that the people of the USA have chosen to behave as though their presidents are deities or demigods, instead of servants of the people. It's no surprise to see the same religious fervor applied to presidential relics as saintly ones.