Science gives a boost to identifying long-lost military members




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: DNA has long been used to identify human remains. Such is the case at the identification lab operated by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Now some new scientific methods have emerged called next-gen sequencing. To go deeper into what that is and how it can help, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with DNA operations director at theĀ Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, Tim McMahon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices