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Biochemical and molecular biological testing and toxicological and DNA testing are useful for reinforcing diagnostic grounds established on pathomorphological testing by visualizing functional changes based on autopsy findings. These tests are essential for determining the cause of death and evaluating the disease condition and hence should be included in all accurate autopsy procedures. Systematic testing in autopsies is useful for screening underlying diseases and providing explanations of the death process and complications based on objective evaluations and evidence. When considered from the viewpoint of precision management and quality preservation, tests involving nonsystematic, single indices are not very useful. In terms of autopsy diagnosis, test results from animal models, which are not based on human pathophysiology, have little significance, at least in the field of forensic science. Routine biochemical tests should be accurately performed in autopsy cases that require diagnosis of the highest precision; the application of such testing to nonautopsy cases and efficacy of using animal models can only be considered in terms of databases.
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This report is a summary of all the reference articles. With regard to this study, we would like to express our deep gratitude to Hitoshi Maeda, Professor Emeritus of Osaka City University, who gave us the opportunity to engage in this study, and to our research collaborators.
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Ikeda, T., Tani, N., Ishikawa, T. (2019). Future Perspectives. In: Ishikawa, T. (eds) Forensic Medicine and Human Cell Research. Current Human Cell Research and Applications. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2297-6_10
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