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Genetics
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The Faculty Lounge
Misguided Genetic Exceptionalism
While society should be careful about its uses of genetic testing and its efforts to modify the genome, some people overreact when dealing with DNA. Consider two recent examples reported…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Researchers Sequence Fetal Genome Using Mother’s Blood
The Wall Street Journal: Breakthrough: Mother's Blood Reveals Fetal DNA, by Amy Dockser Marcus:Researchers said Wednesday they were able to sequence the entire genome of a fetus using only a blood…
Shigella Blog
Scientists Track Shigella Genetics
Scientists have found new genetic information that shows how harmful bacteria cause the acute diarrheal disease shigellosis, which kills more than a million people worldwide each year. The research, which…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New, Non-Invasive Test Launched for Detection of Common Fetal Trisomies
MarketWatch: Ariosa Diagnostics Announces Nationwide Launch of the Harmony(TM) Prenatal Test Through LabCorp:Ariosa Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics company, today announced that the Harmony(TM) Prenatal Test will be available in the United…
The Right Coast
The Debate about Heritability of General Intelligence Radically Narrows « The Enterprise Blog
But the bottom line of the article is reasonably simple. Using nothing but genetic information, the team of researchers was able to establish that the narrow heritability of crystallized intelligence…
The Right Coast
Polar Bear Origins Traced to a Single Bear | Wired Science | Wired.com
All living polar bears can trace their genetic lineage back to a single, female ancestor a brown bear from Ireland, who lived around 20,000 to 50,000 years ago.via www.wired.com
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Eventually, science will kill capital punishment”
Main May 29, 2011"Eventually, science will kill capital punishment"The title of this post is the headline of this new notable commentary in the Arizona Republic, which discusses the impact advances…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Vilcek Foundation Names 2011 Vilcek Prize Recipients
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce the 2011 winners of its annual prizes, given in biomedical science and the arts and humanities. Titia de Lange, PhD, has been chosen to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Welcoming “Law and Biosciences Daily Digest” to the blogosphere
Main February 10, 2011Welcoming "Law and Biosciences Daily Digest" to the blogosphereI am extremely pleased to see that Professor Nita Farahany has started this great new blog which is to…
Family Law Prof Blog
Let the Kids Sleep in Late on Saturday…
By Family Law
...because if they do, it's probably your fault genetically. New research on sleep suggests that not only are sleeping patterns genetic, but smart people sleep in late. From the Winnipeg Free Press:Morningness or eveningness are…