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Genetics
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West Australian Medical Negligence Law Blog
delay in cancer diagnosis: consequences unpredictable
I read with interest recent medical literature, reporting on research at Johns Hopkins, emphasising the role of a 3rd factor in cancer incidence. Debate has traditionally focussed on the 'environmental…
ContractsProf Blog
Gift or Curse?
After years of conducting research on the genes of various animals, George Doe (a pseudonym), an accomplished biologist with a PhD in cellular and molecular biology, decides to have his own…
The Right Coast
Gay gene discovery has good and bad implications – opinion – 19 November 2014 – New Scientist
FOR gay rights activists, it's a dilemma. Does it help or hinder their cause if science shows that homosexuality is partly or largely biologically determined, rather than a lifestyle choice?…
The Right Coast
BBC News – Europeans drawn from three ancient ‘tribes’
Blue-eyed, swarthy hunters mingled with brown-eyed, pale skinned farmers as the latter swept into Europe from the Near East. via www.bbc.com
The Right Coast
When Will I Die? How I Decided Whether to Test for Early-Onset Alzheimer s | TIME
My wife and I have little battles over my forgetfulness. She asked me to fix the kink in the hose that runs from the humidifier in our basement to the…
The Right Coast
Chimpanzee brain power is strongly heritable – life – 10 July 2014 – New Scientist
If a chimpanzee appears unusually intelligent, it probably had bright parents. That's the message from the first study to check if chimp brain power is heritable. via www.newscientist.com
The Right Coast
The Genetics of Procrastination | Motherboard
I was really just trying to save face, so you can imagine my surprise to discover my lie had become the truth overnight, and was supported by a study in…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Judith Daar and Erez Aloni on Mitochondrial Replacement
The Los Angeles Times - op-ed: Three genetic parents -- for one healthy baby, by Judith Daar & Erez Aloni (both of Whittier Law School):New technology would enable women who carry…
GlobalTort
BRACA Patent Claims Fail Again
By Kirk Hartley
Myriad Genetics has lost again in its efforts to claim patent protection for reading the sequence of the so-called BRACA genes associated with breast cancer. This time, a federal judge in…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Study Finds that Men’s “Biological Clock” Means Higher Risk of Mental Illness in Children Born to Older Fathers
The New York Times: Mental Illness Risk Higher for Children of Older Fathers, Study Finds, by Benedict Carey:Children born to middle-aged men are more likely than those born to younger…