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Nepal floods: How DNA identification of bodies works

DNA testing helps identify bodies that may be unrecognisable due to mutilation and decomposition.

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DNA testing helps identify bodies that may be unrecognisable due to mutilation and decomposition. More than a week after a glacial collapse near the Langtang Lirung mountain peak set off devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet, sending a deluge of rocks, mud and water to the valleys below, forensic experts are working to identify bodies.

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