Last Xmas, the genome company, 23andMe had a sale! $100 for a genome. My wife and I ordered our done and the results are in! One reason for doing this was to figure out how to fill in those damned forms that ask me to classify myself by race. Well, now I can and I […][...]
Posts Tagged ‘genetics’
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Pope’s Blood Now a Relic
(Huff Post) WARSAW, Poland — A vial containing blood drawn from Pope John Paul II shortly before he died will be installed as a relic in a Polish church soon after his beatification later this year, an official said Monday. Ed. comment This might be more quaint and benign if we are NOT still recov[...]
January 1st, 2011 - 6:55 pm § in America
Patents on Genes
On May 12, 2009, the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed a lawsuit charging that patent on BRCA1 gene was invalid. Mary Claire King, now a Professor at the University of Washington, discovered BRCA1 and showed that is it is associated with breast and ovarian cancer. The suit cha[...]
July 29th, 2010 - 5:45 pm § in Uncategorized
‘We Don’t Need Any More Neanderthals on the Planet’ .. Craig Venter
Quotes from an interview with his brilliance, Craig Ventener (der Spiegel): (referring to CV) “a single person comes along and beats scientists who have been working on it for years. It is no wonder they didn’t like that.” ————————[...]