Paul B. Ferrara
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Paul B. Ferrara was a scientist and administrator who pioneered the use of DNA profiling in America. In 1989 under his leadership, Virginia
became the first state laboratory capable of performing DNA fingerprinting. Prior to his directorship of the state's Department of Forensic Science, he was a professor of forensic science at Virginia Commonwealth University
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Dr. Ferrara died on May 30, 2011 of brain cancer
at the age of 68.
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
became the first state laboratory capable of performing DNA fingerprinting. Prior to his directorship of the state's Department of Forensic Science, he was a professor of forensic science at Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
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Dr. Ferrara died on May 30, 2011 of brain cancer
Brain tumor
A brain tumor is an intracranial solid neoplasm, a tumor within the brain or the central spinal canal.Brain tumors include all tumors inside the cranium or in the central spinal canal...
at the age of 68.