[Current views on methods of determining the age of injuries in the practice of the forensic expert]. / Sovremennyi vzglyad na metody opredeleniya davnosti povrezhdenii v praktike sudebno-meditsinskogo eksperta.

The review objective is to summarize the current data on new methods development for detection and determination of the age of injuries (AI) and to analyze the prospects of their use in the practice of forensic medical experts. The injury healing processes in various human body tissues are described in detail, and data on biomarkers of healing and their role are provided. Three main diagnostic methods for AI were analyzed: immunohistochemical, molecular biological study, and biophysical objectivization. Their advantages and disadvantages, as well as ways of further improvement of these methods, are considered.