The main and corresponding author, Dr Michał Ciebiera submitted this article to the “Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques” Journal on 10 of July 2016 and it was published after positive reviews in: Videosurgery Miniinv 2017; 12 (1): 88–95, DOI: https://doi. org/10.5114/wiitm.2017.66025. Dr Michał Ciebiera subsequently raised concerns related to the accuracy of the data presented in th...

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The forensic community has been applying techniques of molecABSTRACT: Studies were performed as recommended by the ular biology to the analysis of DNA extracted from casework samTechnical Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (TWGDAM) ples since the mid 1980’s. Initially, restriction fragment length committee to validate the AmpFISTR Blue PCR Amplification Kit polymorphism (RFLP) analysis (1–3)...

Part 1 of this two-part series highlighted tensions between the anatomical quest for scientific knowledge about the human interior and artistic representations of the anatomized body, contrasting the roles of Goethe’s scientific Prosektor and humanistic Proplastiker—roles disturbingly fused in Gunther von Hagens. Part 2 first examines religious interpretations of the human body that fuel the te...