no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2013 brt laboratories inc type privately owned industry biotechnology founded 1945 headquarters baltimore md usa key people robert e. wenk md website http www.brtlabs.com brt laboratories inc. is a baltimore maryland based biotechnology company that performs dna testing . the company has three divisions relationship testing forensics and clinical services . it is a privately held wholly owned subsidiary of baltimore rh typing laboratory inc. contents 1 history 2 services 2.1 relationship testing 2.2 forensics 2.3 clinical services 3 accreditations 4 locations 5 references history edit brt laboratories inc with its parent company baltimore rh typing laboratory has been a provider of products and services to the medical research and commercial communities since 1945 . in april 2000 brt laboratories inc. was established as an independent and wholly owned subsidiary of baltimore rh typing laboratory inc. for the purpose of continuing commercial testing and service activities . this allowed the parent company to focus on its original mission of providing counseling education and research . services edit relationship testing edit brt s relationship testing division offers services in paternity testing and family reunification immigration testing . dna testing can identify relationships between parent and child full or half siblings grandparent and grandchild uncles or aunts and nieces or nephews as well as identical and non identical twins . the laboratory is accredited by the aabb formerly american association of blood banks . 1 testing can be performed for submission in legal proceedings court admissible or for personal knowledge . application for immigration to the united states and canada often requires documentation of biological relationship between a petitioner and his or her beneficiary . dna testing can be used to prove a relationship if documents are absent or challenged . the us immigration and naturalization service ins and united states citizenship and immigration services uscis offices accept dna testing results from aabb accredited laboratories only . 2 forensics edit brt s forensics division offers services in serology screening dna profiling and case review . these services are contracted by government agencies defense counsel and private citizens or organizations for several applications . government agencies contract brt s forensic division for criminal and no suspect casework . the laboratory offers str analysis and y str analysis with each of the commercial kits commonly used in the us . the forensic division is accredited by ascld lab international 3 and meets the requirements of iso iec 17025 . brt has also received accreditation from the texas department of public safety and has been approved by the maryland state police forensic science division for analysis of casework that can be uploaded to codis . the laboratory adheres to current scientific working group on dna analysis methods swgdam and fbi dna advisory board dab guidelines . defense counsel contract brt laboratories to perform case reviews which may include assistance with the interpretation of subpoena documents sample retesting and or expert witness testimony . the forensic division also provides serology and dna profiling services to private citizens for infidelity testing and to private organizations or medical professionals for sample identity verification . clinical services edit brt s clinical services division is licensed by the state of maryland department of health and mental hygiene for molecular biology and molecular genetics and is registered under the us department of health and human services clinical laboratory improvement amendments . test offerings include tuberculosis testing and bone marrow engraftment chimerism monitoring . brt s tuberculosis tb testing is performed using the interferon gamma release assay t spot.tb . this assay is recognized by the center for disease control and prevention as a special tb blood test 4 with an accuracy of diagnosing active tb 80 % . 5 bone marrow engraftment monitoring assesses the relative ratio of donor and recipient cell populations in the post transplant peripheral blood or bone marrow of the patient . brt performs this test using str analysis the current gold standard 6 yielding a sensitivity of 95 98 % . accreditations edit member of and accredited by the american association of blood banks aabb registered by the clinical laboratory improvement amendments clia licensed by the state of maryland department of health & mental hygiene licensed by the state of new york department of health 17025 and forensic requirements for accreditation fra 1 and fra 2 college of american pathologists cap proficiency participant american society of crime laboratory directors ascld lab international locations edit brt is headquartered in baltimore md with an extensive network of sample collection centers located across the united states and throughout the world . references edit aabb accredited relationship testing facilities http www.aabb.org content accreditation parentage testing accreditation program aabb accredited parentage testing laboratories aboutptlabs.htm ins memorandum on dna testing to establish family relationships http www.immigrationlinks.com news news413.htm ascld lab http www.ascld lab.org international indexinternational.html cdc tuberculosis testing and diagnosis http www.cdc.gov tb topic testing default.htm wang jy chou ch lee ln hsu hl jan is hsueh pr et al. april 2007 . diagnosis of tuberculosis by an enzyme linked immunospot assay for interferon . emerg infect dis . 13 4 . http www.cdc.gov eid content 13 4 553.htm vnencak jones c l july 2009 . bone marrow engraftment studies . curr . protoc . hum . genet . unit 9.17 . doi 10.1002 0471142905 . hg0917s62 . http www.currentprotocols.com protocol 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