In mass disasters, such as the MH17 ‘crash’, there are many bodies of victims often over a wide area to be recovered and identified. This is a small look into the process, known as Disaster Victim Identification, and people involved. What is a mass disaster? Mass disasters come in…
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Gene doping
Gene doping may sound like a future of genetically modified athletes grown in test tubes, but it is a real and current threat to sports. Gene doping is included on the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list, defined as the transfer of nucleic acids and the use of…