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Angela Swarts Angela Swarts

Episode 7

Forensic Scientists under pressure: innovation, productivity, and legal and ethical boundaries. Learning Ethics as Lived Practice to ensure ethical evolution of forensic genetics. In this episode I spoke with Professors Dr. Matthias Weinroth and Dr. Carol McCartney, two of the authors of "Ethics as Lived Practice. Anticipatory Capacity and Ethical Decision-Making in Forensic Genetics". It's a fascinating discussion about forensic genetics and the rapidly evolving technologies from the perspective of a social scientist and law professor.

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Angela Swarts Angela Swarts

Episode 6

DNA as the "Biological Witness". Forensic DNA Phenotyping predicts the externally visible characteristics - i.e. what a person may look like - from their biological material.

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