article_snippet: British research biologist Brian J. Ford argued in two articles, one of which appeared in the New Scientist, that spontaneous human combustion may be caused by a chemical called acetone that is produced naturally in the body, the chemical often used as a solvent in nail-varnish removers.
article_snippet: British research biologist Brian J. Ford has noted that many of the people who have combusted spontaneously were unwell at the time, and as a result, may have developed a condition called ketosis, in which acetone in the body increases.
article_snippet: Unable to find a human volunteer to test his theory that a build-up of acetone causes spontaneous human combustion, British research biologist Brian J. Ford made a model from pieces of pork - the animal flesh that most closely approximates ours.
article_snippet: All that was left - as is so often the case with spontaneous human combustion - were the legs, which British research biologist Brian J. Ford British research biologist Brian J. Ford suggests remain unburned because there is not enough fat in that part of The 'body' to store the flammable acetone.
article_snippet: However British research biologist Brian J. Ford argued in two articles, one of which appeared in the New Scientist, that spontaneous human combustion may be caused by a chemical called acetone that is produced naturally in the body, the chemical often used as a solvent in nail-varnish removers.
article_snippet: Brian J. Ford Brian J. Ford has noted that many of the people who have combusted spontaneously were unwell at the time, and as a result, may have developed a condition called ketosis, in which acetone in the body increases.
article_snippet: Unable to find a human volunteer to test his theory that a build-up of acetone causes spontaneous human combustion, Brian J. Ford Brian J. Ford made a model from pieces of pork - the animal flesh that most closely approximates ours.
article_snippet: All that was left - as is so often the case with spontaneous human combustion - were the legs, which British research biologist Brian J. Ford Brian J. Ford suggests remain unburned because there is not enough fat in that part of The 'body' to store the flammable acetone.