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RECENT PRESENTATIONS

The Iceman

- a modern day investigation of a 5,000 year old mystery

Lecture delivered to the University of Verona in May 2008 by Professor Peter Vanezis (Barts and the London, University of London) in collaboration with Professor Franco Tagliaro and Dr Federica Bortolotti (University of Verona)

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External links to the Iceman can be found through: "Death of the Iceman" - a synopsis of a BBC Horizon TV documentary first broadcast on 7th February 2002

Forensic toxicology findings from the autopsy of the mummy of Cangrande I della Scala, Prince of Verona (1291 - 1329):

Evidence of poisoning with Digitalis.

F. Bortolotti, R. Gottardo, G. Brocco, F. Tagliaro

Presentation at TIAFT meeting 2008, La Martinique, French West Indies, June 2-6 2008

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General information on Cangrande from Wikipedia

.....and further details of his autopsy

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENCY TRANSFERRIN - A MARKER FOR ALCOHOL ABUSE

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