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Genetics
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
A Man’s Health Can Negatively Affect Future Children
Miller-McCune: The Bad Daddy Factor, by Emily Anthes: The fathers weren’t supposed to matter. But in the mid-1960s, pharmacologist Gladys Friedler was making all sorts of strange findings. She discovered…
Medical and Dental Device Patenting Blog
Medicine, drugs, genes and the death of a patent niche?
By John Rizvi
Inventors pursuing medical patents involving genes should listen to this... On October 29th, the federal government reversed a longstanding policy by saying that human genes are part of nature and…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Study Finds that Early-Life Experiences Can Permanently Change Sperm and Eggs
Newsweek Magazine: Sins of the Grandfathers, by Sharon Begley:What happens in Vegas could affect your offspring. How early-life experiences could cause permanent changes in sperm and eggs. Michael Skinner has…
GlobalTort
US Government Now Opposes Patents for Simply Reporting a Gene’s Structure – a Great Win for Cancer Patients, Science and Businesses That Have A Long Term View
By Kirk Hartley
Wonderful news. Our government has seen the light, and now opposes patents for simply reporting the structure of genes. Bravo for the Obama Administration. Courtesy of the NYT, here is…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Study Found Four Genes Working Together Can Cause Early Menopause
BBC News: Early menopause gene research could predict problem: One in 20 women starts their menopause before the age of 46 - which can affect their chances of conceiving even…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
NR5A1 Gene May Explain Infertility in Men
BBC News: Male infertility gene discovered: Many genes appear to control sperm productionA faulty gene could help explain some cases of unexplained male infertility, according to research.Mutations of the NR5A1…
Health Law Prof Blog
Scientists Discover Genes Related to Body Mass
Johns Hopkins scientists specializing in genetic information have discovered 13 genes linked to human body mass. The genes were identified by screening the epigenome and could provide information that can…
Elder Law Prof Blog
MEDICAL-LEGAL STUDIES EJOURNAL
Table of ContentsPreserving Human Potential as Freedom: A Framework for Regulating Epigenetic HarmsFazal Khan, University of Georgia Law SchoolGenetics and the Transformation of the PersonalBelinda Bennett, University of Sydney -…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Can Genes And Brain Abnormalities Create Killers?”
Main July 7, 2010"Can Genes And Brain Abnormalities Create Killers?"The question in the title of this post is the headline of this NPR feature on Talk of the Nation which…
Family Law Prof Blog
Nurture vs. Nature
By Family Law
The nurture vs. nature debate may soon be getting newcontributions:From The New YorkTimes:The problem is that where genes aretidy bits of DNA, the environment is huge, amorphous and hard to…