Episode 459
Can you get DNA from crematorium ashes?
What's left behind when a body is cremated?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
January 18, 20212m 45s
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Show Notes
Paul got in touch to ask: "I was wondering if it was possible to get DNA out of crematorium ashes. Could you get any information about the person such as weight or height, from their ashes?" Katie Haylor put the question to Charmaine Bale, from Anglia Ruskin University... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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dna in ashescrematorium ashesCharmaine BaleAnglia Ruskin University