MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'forensic science'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:28 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3437972&cid=t_103410_155_f&fid=36519&url=http%3A%2F%2Feforensicmed.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fforensic-toxicology.html Deborah Blum has written an entertaining book (The Poisoner's Handbook) on the development of forensic medicine at the newly created Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York City - under the guiding steer of Dr Charles Norris - and of forensic toxicology during Prohibition in the 1920s.Alexander Gettler, the toxicologist at Norris' right-hand, worked tirelessly to identify poisonous substances in cadavers at a time when the techniques necessary to do so were either non-existent or unreliable.The 'Father of Toxicology' - Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1787–1853) - attempted to bring chemistry into forensic medicine as often as possible and, on the matter of the detection of arsenic at exhumation he argued that arsenic in the soil around graves could be drawn in to the body and be mi... Forensic Medicine Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3437972 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:56:00 +0100 3437972 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370392&cid=t_103410_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5gBFWWzUHUY%2F By David RittgersRadley Balko will be moderating a panel at Georgetown Law next week, “Bad Science: The Execution of Cameron Todd Willingham and the Case for Forensic Reform.” Radley will be leading a discussion about the case of Willingham, who was executed by the state of Texas in 2004. Willingham was convicted in 1992 of murdering his three young daughters in a house fire that the state determined was arson. A report issued in 2009 claimed that in convicting Willingham, the state used techniques and assumptions that were no longer recognized as scientifically valid and that the original finding of arson could not be sustained. If you can’t attend in person, a webcast will be available. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370392 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:06:22 +0100 3370392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2194950&cid=t_103410_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geneticsandhealth.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2Freconstructing-a-face-through-dna-analysis%2F Forensics and criminal investigations now routinely include using the DNA to identify a person - missing, dead or a criminal suspect – by matching with other DNA samples on the scene or a database. Obviously, this technology becomes limited when there is no database or DNA to match with. But now, it is possible to actually draw a person’s face using a DNA sample! Called “forensic molecular photofitting”, the process uses mapped genes that are linked to skin pigmentation and facial structure to reconstruct facial features and skin tones. The process was used to help identify a serial killer in Baton Rouge, reports Dr. Mark Shriver at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Chicago. Shriver used the technology to identify the race of the suspect, De... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2194950 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:08:00 +0100 2194950