Significant efforts are being devoted to the development of methods enabling rapid generation of short tandem repeat (STR)
profiles in order to reduce turnaround times for the delivery of human identification results from biological evidence. Some of the proposed
solutions are still costly and low throughput. This study describes the optimization of an analytical process enabling the generation of complete
STR profiles (single-source or mixed profiles) for human identification in approximately 5 h. This accelerated process uses currently available
reagents and standard laboratory equipment. It includes a 30-min lysis step, a 27-min DNA extraction using the Promega Maxwell16 System,
DNA quantification in