Fasttech DIY Enclosure DNA 30 Project Part 2 I finish up the DNA 30 build in the Fasttech enclosure and review the process. Show some up close views of the inside of the completed mod. I will post some pictures on varosvapor.com. By: VarosVapor … Continue reading →

IvancopyrightBestAMV DNA Hi folks, I have little time to edit but today I bring you something fun hope you find it to your liking. Hola gente,dispongo de poco tiempo para editar pero hoy les traigo algo divertido espero... By: Ivancopyright … Continue reading →

DNA on a didgeridoo was not enough to prove beyond reasonable doubt an Adelaide man was involved in a violent murder, the publication of a High Court ruling has revealed. After hearing arguments on the case in June, the court quashed Daniel Glenn Fitzgerald's murder conviction and released him from prison. Fitzgerald was convicted of murder by a Supreme Court jury after prosecutors alleged he and a group of men stormed an Elizabeth South house in June 2011 and attacked the occupants with weapons including a garden fork, a pole and wooden planks. One victim, Kym Drover, 22, died four days later and a second victim, Leon Karpany, sustained serious brain injuries. Fitzgerald and his co-accused, Grant Andrew Sumner, were sentenced to a minimum 20 years' jail. It was not alleged Fitzgerald or Sumner inflicted the fatal blow on Mr Drover or the blows that seriously injured Mr Karpany. The court also heard none of the witnesses identified Fitzgerald. After losing an appeal against his conviction, Fitzgerald took the case to the High Court which ruled his DNA on a didgeridoo at the scene was not enough to convict him beyond reasonable doubt. It ruled the sample could have been … Continue reading →

ABC Solicitor Matthew Selley said it was an extraordinary judgment that could have wider implications. A High Court ruling that DNA evidence was not enough to convict a man of murder could have wider implications on DNA convictions across Australia, an Adelaide lawyer has said. A Supreme Court jury had convicted 27-year-old Daniel Glenn Fitzgerald over a brutal bashing murder based on DNA found on a didgeridoo. Prosecutors alleged Fitzgerald was with a group of men who stormed an Elizabeth South house in June 2011 and attacked the occupants with weapons including a garden fork, a pole and wooden planks. One victim, Kym Drover, 22, died four days later and a second victim, Leon Karpany, sustained serious brain injuries. Fitzgerald was serving a life sentence with a non-parole period of 20 years, and unsuccessfully appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal. But immediately after hearing submissions on appeal in June, the High Court acquitted him and has now published its reasons. It says DNA evidence alone was not enough to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. It also found the DNA sample on the didgeridoo could have been transferred through his co-accused, Grant Andrew Sumner, who had shaken Fitzgerald's hand … Continue reading →

DNA on a didgeridoo was not enough to prove beyond reasonable doubt an Adelaide man was involved in a violent murder, the publication of a High Court ruling has revealed. After hearing arguments on the case in June, the court quashed Daniel Glenn Fitzgerald's murder conviction and released him from prison. Fitzgerald was convicted of murder by a Supreme Court jury after prosecutors alleged he and a group of men stormed an Elizabeth South house in June 2011 and attacked the occupants with weapons including a garden fork, a pole and wooden planks. One victim, Kym Drover, 22, died four days later and a second victim, Leon Karpany, sustained serious brain injuries. Fitzgerald and his co-accused, Grant Andrew Sumner, were sentenced to a minimum 20 years' jail. It was not alleged Fitzgerald or Sumner inflicted the fatal blow on Mr Drover or the blows that seriously injured Mr Karpany. The court also heard none of the witnesses identified Fitzgerald. After losing an appeal against his conviction, Fitzgerald took the case to the High Court which ruled his DNA on a didgeridoo at the scene was not enough to convict him beyond reasonable doubt. It ruled the sample could have been … Continue reading →

DNA on a didgeridoo was not enough to prove beyond reasonable doubt an Adelaide man was involved in a violent murder, the publication of a High Court ruling has revealed. After hearing arguments on the case in June, the court quashed Daniel Glenn Fitzgerald's murder conviction and released him from prison. Fitzgerald was convicted of murder by a Supreme Court jury after prosecutors alleged he and a group of men stormed an Elizabeth South house in June 2011 and attacked the occupants with weapons including a garden fork, a pole and wooden planks. One victim, Kym Drover, 22, died four days later and a second victim, Leon Karpany, sustained serious brain injuries. Fitzgerald and his co-accused, Grant Andrew Sumner, were sentenced to a minimum 20 years' jail. It was not alleged Fitzgerald or Sumner inflicted the fatal blow on Mr Drover or the blows that seriously injured Mr Karpany. The court also heard none of the witnesses identified Fitzgerald. After losing an appeal against his conviction, Fitzgerald took the case to the High Court which ruled his DNA on a didgeridoo at the scene was not enough to convict him beyond reasonable doubt. It ruled the sample could have been … Continue reading →

See Inside These unnatural base pairs are a first for synthetic biology Thinkstock The genes that direct all life on earth employ just four base units: A is for adenine, which bonds with thymine (T). G is for guanine, which bonds with cytosine (C). Combinations of A, T, G and C appear in each and every living thingand now scientists have added two new letters to the alphabet. These unnatural base pairs are a first for the burgeoning field of synthetic biology. In 2008 a team of chemical biologists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., began experimenting with compounds that could serve as new bases for the genetic code, a dream of some scientists since the 1960s. They found that two in particular d5SICS and dNaMworked well with the enzymes that read or copy DNA in living organisms. So the team inserted these unnatural base pairs into a plasmid, a short sequence of free-floating DNA that can persist inside a cell, and put that plasmid into the microbe Escherichia coli. The addition went well: the E. coli happily copied the unnatural base pairs and its internal DNA editors, which usually get rid of oddities, did not notice … Continue reading →

An Adelaide man has had his murder conviction quashed after the High Court ruled that DNA on a didgeridoo did not prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Daniel Glenn Fitzgerald, 27, was found guilty of murdering Kym Drover, 22, and causing serious harm to Leon Karpany during a home invasion in June 2011. The crown alleged he was part of a group which forced its way into the Elizabeth South house and attacked the men with weapons including a gardening fork and a pole. Mr Fitzgerald, who was jailed for a minimum of 20 years, unsuccessfully challenged his conviction in the SA Court of Criminal Appeal. But in June he was released after the High Court quashed the conviction and entered a verdict of acquittal, delivering its reasons on Wednesday. The prosecution had relied on DNA evidence obtained from a didgeridoo found at the crime scene to establish Mr Fitzgerald's involvement in the attack. It was alleged the DNA derived from his blood and was transferred by him to the didgeridoo at the time of the attack. But the High Court ruled that the contention that Mr Fitzerald's DNA was derived from blood was not made beyond reasonable doubt. Secondly, … Continue reading →