What police can learn about you from the skin chemicals on your cell phone

By: Gary Robbins

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UC San Diego biochemist Pieter Dorrestein uses a swab to collect skin chemicals from the surface of a cellphone.

Police might one day be able to size up the habits and lifestyles of crime victims and suspects by analyzing the skin chemicals they leave behind when they touch their cellphones.

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