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IF the haptoglobin groups in human serum, detected first in 1959 by Smithies1–3 using starch-gel electrophoresis, could be detected in stains of whole blood this would yield a useful means of grouping bloodstains in addition to the usual ABO system and, therefore, give a greater possibility of identification or exclusion. I have found that this is possible using the technique described here.
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CULLIFORD, B. Haptoglobins and Transferrins in Forensic Bloodstains. Nature 198, 796–797 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198796b0
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