DNA testing tool pays off

Summit, Jan/Feb 2005

THE RCMP AND ANJURA Technology share the intellectual property rights in STaCS(TM) (Sample Tracking and Control System) software designed and developed in partnership between Anjura and scientists from the RCMP's Forensic Laboratory Services. In late November 2004 the RCMP National DNA Data Bank received a cheque for $105,000 from Anjura Technology, money from the sale of StaCS to the Illinois State Police. The cheque marked the first significant revenue from marketing the product.

STaCS allows DNA samples to be quickly and accurately analyzed and stored, while ensuring the integrity of the samples and the privacy of the donor. At first, it was used to process convicted-offender DNA, but it is now being applied to processing DNA samples from other specific sources. The continued growth and development of this software will lead to better crime solving tools, to larger markets for the product and more revenue for RCMP research and development.

Summit first covered the deal between Anjura and the RCMP for the development and marketing of StaCS(TM) in a March 2001 article,"Developing DNA data. "See www.summitconnects.com.