Assigning identity to residual human bones is very critical in forensic medicine perspective. Scientists from Finland and Scotland has demonstrated that viral residues in the human bone can help identify the victim or, at least, can ascertain the presence of victim at a certain era. The advent of new genomic and sequencing technologies has unearthed in recent years a countless viral sequences that were previously unknown to coexist with humans. The understanding of viral DNA can be very resourceful in terms of forensic medicine as well.
Scientists have long been trying to uncover microbial remnants in human residual materials. The group of scientists from the University of Helsinki, Finland and University of Edinburgh, Scotland have found that human bones can be very useful in terms of detecting the identity of the victim. The simplest way human bones are used for identification is by…
