| 摘要 |
A method of determining time of death is disclosed. Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is the most specific marker for the determination of myocardial infarction (MI). Cardiac troponin I has a distinctive temporal degradation profile after death, which is key to its use as a time of death marker in forensic medicine. The method consists of sampling cardiac tissue, extracting a cardiac protein from a homogenate via methods which may include the magnetic microparticles or magnetic microparticles linked to anti-cTnI antibodies, eluting the proteins, separating proteins by electrophoresis, transferring by western blot the different bands of proteins to paper. A comparison/analysis of the concentration and kinetics of degradation of the protein at a given temperature(s) against known standards after time of death provides an accurate measurement of the time of death. The present invention is more accurate and reliable than the rudimentary time of death techniques currently used by medical examiners.
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