by MBADNACONSULT | May 19, 2011 | Amanda Knox
With the appeal coming up at the end of this month, there has been a lot of news about the apparent weaknesses of the DNA evidence used to convict Amanda Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito in the murder of Meredith Kercher. After a Twitter discussion with Doug...
by MBADNACONSULT | May 2, 2011 | Osama Bin Laden
The historic news of the death of Osama Bin Laden has once again thrust DNA science into the forefront of the media. Identification of Bin Laden through DNA is as high profile as it gets for the science. The World, and not just a twelve-member jury pool, must be...
by MBADNACONSULT | Apr 23, 2011 | Forensic DNA Consulting
DNA suitable for the most common variety of forensic testing is found within cells in the human body. The human body is rich with cellular material as there are trillions of cells that make up the human anatomy. Most of our body parts contain cells with nuclei. It...
by MBADNACONSULT | Apr 20, 2011 | Touch DNA
Excerpt from article from Harvard Crimson: http://bit.ly/dS45iF WOBURN, Mass.—A chemical expert and a DNA analyst were called to the stand yesterday as the final witnesses in the trial of Jabrai Jordan Copney—the alleged shooter in the May 2009 slaying of Cambridge...
by MBADNACONSULT | Apr 15, 2011 | Forensic DNA Consulting
As I was filling out a survey regarding my career in forensic science this morning, it gave me the idea to include some of the information on this blog. Obviously, ‘forensics’ (as the term is generically used) is a hot career option due to the media attention in the...
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