Who killed my dog? Use of forensic genetics to investigate an enigmatic case

Who Killed My Parked Car?

We find that the conventional belief of vehicle cyber attacks and their defenses—attacks are feasible and thus defenses are required only when the vehicle’s ignition is turned on—does not hold. We verify this fact by discovering and applying two new practical and important attacks: battery-drain and Denial-of-Body-control (DoB). The former can drain the vehicle battery while the latter can prev...

Transitioning from Forensic Genetics to Forensic Genomics

Due to its support of law enforcement, forensics is a conservative field; nevertheless, driven by scientific and technological progress, forensic genetics is slowly transitioning into forensic genomics. With this Special Issue of Genes we acknowledge and appreciate this rather recent development by not only introducing the field of forensics to the wider community of geneticists, but we do so b...

Who killed lab rounds?

Who Killed the English National Health Service?

The death of the English National Health Service (NHS) has been pronounced many times over the years, but the time and cause of death and the murder weapon remains to be fully established. This article reviews some of these claims, and asks for clearer criteria and evidence to be presented.

A Case of an Enigmatic Pulmonary Infiltrate

The differential diagnosis of a pulmonary mass in an immunosuppressed host with a history of cancer is broad and includes malignant, infectious and inflammatory etiologies. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a rare cause of opportunistic infection in susceptible individuals that can present as either localized or disseminated disease. On radiologic studies, the pulmonary disease can manifest ...