#ocme

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My goal for the Fall 2019 semester is to intern at the Forensic Anthropology Unit (FAU) here at the New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiners (OCME).

As you can see there are a few requirements. Currently I am taking the human osteology course, and next semester (Spring 2019) I will enroll in the interpretion of human skeletal remains course. I need a minimum grade of A- to be considered for the internship, however, I am aiming for an A in both courses!

Aaaand there, caught up for outfit august!

Just a last week, only 1,641 (roughly three-fifths) of those human remains recovered from ground zero (where the towers stood) have been identified.

On July 25, 2018, the New York City’s medical examiner's office matched the 1,642nd victim using new DNA technology.

The process of identifying (getting DNA from bones) involves taking a sample of bone and grinding it into a powder. This process allows DNA to be freed. The DNA is then matched to provided samples of the victims DNA and that given by their family member(s).

Forensic analysts expose the powder made from the bone to enzymes. The job of these enzymes is to replicate and multiply any DNA present.

The new technique is called ultrasonic ball bearings. The ball bearings smash around at quick speeds, this then creates a finer powder. This new technology helped in indentifying the remains. The importance of this new technology is promising because the remains of the latest identified victim have been attempted seven times before with no results.