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more about #courts bookwench: See? This just means we need more cameras. Cameras everywhere, in every aspect of our lives, to make ABSOLUTELY SURE we're all behaving in a morally a... more » Klebert L. Hall: "Frumkin says that, at the moment, there are ways to determine whether DNA evidence has been fabricated (and his own company, Nucleix, provides such t... more » Ghede: Of course, sequencing is getting a lot faster and a lot cheaper, maybe it is time they went for the whole thing. more » Elle: I'm all for not relying too heavily on any one type of evidence, especially any that are possibly faked, but something tells me that the natural respo... more » Greasy Thumb Guzik: It's a lot simpler to pickup a bag of McDonald's waste from the street & leave it at the crime scene! If you're lucky, the leftover food will have a D... more » Janglesatwest: That seems to require a lot of technical know-how in order to pull it off, but it is something people should be aware of. If there are tests to see in... more » -
#madgenomics
Fabricate Your Own DNA Evidence
DNA evidence has become the gold standard for criminal investigations, but researchers in Israel say that finding DNA at a crime scene may not be evidence of a crime, but rather the handiwork of a clever biology student. More »
