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Archive for the ‘Forensics’ Category

March 8th, 2008

Galileo’s body to be exhumed for DNA testing

 
Galileo’s tomb 
Over 360 years ago Galileo died living as a recluse in Italy, a convicted heretic.  His crime - he fell foul of the religious authorities of the day by arguing that the Earth revolved around the sun and not vice versa.  His theory was subsequently found to be perfectly true.
Italian researchers, led by Prof Paulo Galluzzi, want to […]

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December 30th, 2007

Why is Low Copy Number DNA testing controversial?

              DNA profiling
There has been a recent case in Northern Ireland whereby an Omagh bombing suspect was cleared of all murder charges as the integrity of the forensic test which made up the bulk of the prosecution case was called into question. 
The test in question is Low Copy Number DNA profiling or LCN DNA profiling.   LCN testing allows genetic profiles […]

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