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                    [Title] => Demolishing the ivory tower via Facebook
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One common image that comes across people’s minds when the word “scientist” is mentioned is an old man in a white laboratory coat, with disheveled hair, wearing broad rimmed glasses and who is absent-minded and too engrossed in experiments to notice people, things and events around him.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488825 [AuthorName] => Maria Corazon A. De Ungria, PhD [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1035751 [Title] => DNA, drug abuse and mistaken identities [Summary] =>

Several drug-related stories shocked us this month. On July 3, a 35-year-old Filipina was executed by the Chinese government for drug trafficking.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1489832 [AuthorName] => Maria Lourdes D. Honrado, BSc and Maria Corazon A. De Ungria, Ph.D. [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 955847 [Title] => Why identify the dead? [Summary] =>

Rain opened the month of June this year.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1334933 [AuthorName] => Gayvelline C. Calacal, RMT, Msc, and Maria Corazon A. De Ungria, Ph.D. [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 942441 [Title] => DNA profiling of Filipino men: Why the Y? [Summary] =>

Y-chromosome DNA typing is the most useful test for male identification since this chromosome is found only in males, and is passed from fathers to sons.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1375964 [AuthorName] => Jazelyn M. Salvador, MSC, and Maria Corazon A. De Ungria, Ph.D. [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 931762 [Title] => The double helix in court: DNA as catalyst for change [Summary] =>

The basic DNA properties of inheritability, chemical stability, identity of biological samples originating from one person and the uniqueness of the totality of an individual’s DNA profile make this chemical the most effective tool for human identification.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488824 [AuthorName] => Maria Corazon A. De Ungria, Ph.D. [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 916534 [Title] => Genetic genealogy and ancestry: Exploring what is written in one’s DNA [Summary] =>

Genealogy is the study of families and tracing of their lineages and history. Studying one’s genealogy may be motivated by many reasons such as 1) in determining a family’s place in national history; 2) in preserving the family’s past for future generations; and 3) in contributing to the “storytelling” of the events that had passed so many years before.

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In the Philippines, conviction of sexual offenders mostly relies on testimonial evidence provided by the victim or the victim’s family, which may be prone to bias, subjectivity and fraud.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135735 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1367353 [AuthorName] => Jae Joseph Russell B. Rodriguez, Rita P. Laude, Ph.D., and Maria Corazon A. De Ungria, Ph.D. [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 900279 [Title] => Forensic DNA technology: A powerful tool for judicial reform [Summary] =>

DNA testing is the most powerful tool for human identification. Since its discovery in the mid-1980s, DNA profiling had caused a paradigm shift in the identification of victims, perpetrators and witnesses in numerous cases.

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Among the forensic sciences, the most recently introduced and among the most powerful means of identification is DNA technology.

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In a time when science and technology to the youth means social networking, viral videos and online gaming, some select high school students are spending hours researching for their science projects, patiently putting their ideas and theories by trial and error.

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