Sunday, March 22, 2009
New Technique Developed To Date Forensic Death Based On Corpse Microorganisms
A group of scientists of the University of Granada has developed a new technique of forensic dating based on thermo-microbiology, which will allow to determine more accurately the time of a death. Even though, there has not been any controlled test they believe that this technique will help the forensic scientist This new system, of great interest in the field of criminology, establishes correspondences between the parameters of micro-organic growth on cadaverous remains and dates the time of death of such remains, as well as their relation with their temperature.The study has been carried out by Professor Isabel Fernández Corcobado whose goal was to establish the initial methodological basis to create a protocol of general application in the field of Forensic Termography and Microbiology. Hopefully this new forensic testing will be be a big help to the forensic scientist.
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The article was very interesting and Mike summed it up very nicely! I didn't have any previous knowledge of trying to come up with a technique and microbiology seems to be an interesting way to go about getting more accurate information. Maybe any actual experiments that may have occurred would have been nice to include but otherwise nicely done!
This article was very interesting and I liked how it linked criminology to foresnsics. I also was fasinated that based upon the new information taht was found it has become even easier to link the time of death of somebody. Microbiology seems like a very cool topic and based on your information I'm happy that i learned something new today.
I think this review was well written and was said in a very succinct way. I like how you also made a reference to the Professor and his studies to give the article more of a meaning. I like how you kept relating everything to how it will help forensic scientists because that is what everything in this article should be about. I believe that you should have given more information and details about the tests they do. I also think that the current event should have been more precise on what the tests were going to do and find out. overall i learned that people are working to finding the dates of death through microbiological tests.
I found this article interesting as it relates to some of the concepts we studied in the Body Farm. The author did a good job at explaining the new technique in simple terms. The article was well-written, as well.
To improve, maybe the summary could have been a bit longer. Also, maybe the author could have used direct quotes from Isabel Fernandez.
I never knew how important microorganisms could be in forensic science.
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