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Genetics
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Gene Linked to Preeclampsia
ScienceDaily: Clues Into How Preeclampsia May Surface In Some Pregnancies:The COMT gene -- known already for its role inschizophrenia -- has been found to play a role in preeclampsia,according to…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Not elder law: Genenic code of world’s oldest mammal revealed
Scientists have deciphered the genetic blueprint of the duck-billed platypus, one of the oddest creatures on Earth. The animal comes from an early branch of the mammal family, and likemammals…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Not elder law: our ancestors were were one, then two, then one species. Hmmm….
Ancient humans started down the path of evolving into two separatespecies before merging back into a single population, a genetic studysuggests.The genetic split in Africa resulted in distinct populations that…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Embryo Created From Three People May Help Women Not Pass Genetic Defects To Children
Via BBC News: Scientists believe they have made a potential breakthrough in thetreatment of serious disease by creating a human embryo with threeseparate parents. The Newcastle Universityteam believe the…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
NY Times: Scientists Bypass Need for Embryo to Get Stem Cells
Gina Kolata reports for the New York Times:Two teams of scientists are reporting today that they turned human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without having…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Gene Tweaks and the Male Pill: Contraception of the Future?
By Stephanie Todd, ABC News Medical Unit:The Pill. Condoms. Intrauterine devices.They are staples of modern birth control. And while they represent some of the best options that men and women…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Natalie Angier on Sperm
Natalie Angier writes in Sleek, Fast and Focused: The Cells That Make Dad Dad (in today's New York Times):We are fast approaching Father’s Day, the festive occasion on which weplague…
Technology Law Source
Nanoparticles Successfully Used in Plant Cell Delivery Study
Researchers at Iowa State University recently published the results of a study into whether nanoparticles can be used to deliver DNA into plant cells. The scientists found that porous, DNA…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
New Genes Identified in Childhood Fever-Related Seizures
Researchers at the American Academy of Neurology have recently localized two new genes that are associated with fever-related seizures in children.
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
A New “Sport” — Finding Relatives
With the advent of mail-in DNA testing kits at reasonable (about $100) prices, the "sport" of tracking down relatives is growing rapidly.Here is an excerpt from Amy Harmon, Stalking Strangers’…