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Genetics
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The Right Coast
Why Do Behavioral Geneticists Understate the Policy ImplicationsMike Rapapport
of their science? Because their science undermines political correctness. My sense is that this post just scratches the surface of fields that are affected by political correctness.
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
ACLU sues over patents on breast cancer genes
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently filed a lawsuit stating that patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer are unconstitutional and invalid. The patents are owned…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Quinn Bradley’s Book Raises VCFS Awareness
By Victor E. Long, Esq., Quinn Bradlee's new book, "A Different Life, Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures," sheds new light on a common genetic disorder. Quinn is the…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Genes and Autism May Be Linked
Posted by: Salvatore J. Zambri, Esquire and Catherine Bertram, Esquire Approximately 1 in 150 children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). According to Medical News Today, three studies compared…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
A Short History of Mice and Medicine
"In 25 years, 80 percent of the discoveries we'll see will be traced directly back to the research mouse," says Drew Pardoll, a professor of oncology at the Johns Hopkins…
GlobalTort
Future Seminar Session on Science Driving Changes in Tort Law
By Kirk Hartley
A continuing topic of this blog is exploration of the ways that advances in science will change tort litigation tactics and may change tort law rules. The topic will be…
Health Industry Washington Watch
HHS Meeting on Genetic Testing
The HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society is meeting on December 2 and 3, 2008 to review a preliminary draft report that addresses questions about whether gene patents…
Drug & Device Law
Potential Uses of Genetic Evidence to Prove Causation and Exposure in Toxic Tort Litigation
By Bexis
This guest post was written by J.C. McElveen of Jones Day and Alice Suh, a student at Georgetown Law School who was a summer associate at Jones Day this year.…
Litigation & Trial
Truth vs. Probabilities: Judges, Law, Scientists and Science
Building on my prior post about there not really begin any "50-50" cases, the NYTimes interviews a a physician and molecular biologist who teaches judges about science and genetics: Q.…
Cam Law
Sweet genes explains sugar cravings
The latest news is that our genes our responsible for those trips to the chocolate closet. 'My genes made me do it!' says scientific research on the genetic contribution to…