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• Having spent a good part of my journalistic career covering crime stories, it’s hard for me to stay away from any crime or medical forensic drama. So when Scarpetta premiered...
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Having spent a good part of my journalistic career covering crime stories, it’s hard for me to stay away from any crime or medical forensic drama. So when Scarpetta premiered on Amazon Prime Video on March 11, I was immediately drawn in. Partly for the forensic angle, partly because the series is based on Patricia Cornwell’s bestselling novels.
Starring Nicole Kidman as forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta, the show follows complex investigations that blend medical expertise with criminal cases. But as the story unfolds, it moves beyond traditional forensic themes and into something more unexpected: 3D bioprinted human organs.
A central part of the plot revolves around a fictional biotech company, Thor Labs, which is portrayed as already capable of 3D bioprinting human organs in microgravi