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Can epigenetics help verify the age claims of refugees?

European scientists say that a more accurate test could help to implement laws that protect minors seeking asylum.
  1. Alison Abbott
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When local authorities in Hildesheim, Germany, didn’t believe an asylum seeker who claimed to be under 18 years old — and thus eligible for privileged treatment — police turned to a blood-based age test sold by a California company.

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Nature 561, 15 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06121-w

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