NEAT Science Girls
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A window was broken and was blood left behind, but this is not an episode of “CSI.” Malka Yudowsky, Goldie Taitelbaum and Shifra Schectman, seniors at the New England Academy of Torah (NEAT), are studying forensics by performing a scientific analysis of a made-up “crime scene.”
The students used simulated blood and antibodies to determine the blood types of the victim and two suspects. Blood typing classifies blood based on the absence or presence of specific antigenic proteins on mature erythrocytes (red blood cells) and is routinely used in police investigations. The students enjoyed a laboratory exercise which tied in with their mock trial experiences.
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