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EPISODE · Jan 18, 2021 · 2 MIN

Can you get DNA from crematorium ashes?

from Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists · host Dr Chris Smith

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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