Last week’s DNA Science post caused an uproar because I suggested that some people might think life begins at a period other than…
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post How Craig Venter Created LifeRead more
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post When Does a Human Life Begin? 17 TimepointsRead more
I rerun this most-read post about when human life begins every time that the discussion resurges, which is usually in the shadow…
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post A BRCA JourneyRead more
The day after PLOS Genetics asked me to blog in relation to Jane Gitschier’s interview with Mary-Claire King, my friend Lisa’s daughter Maya…
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post DNA Analysis of Chobani Yogurt: Guest Post by Nick ConleyRead more
Identification-by-DNA has had eclectic uses: outing fake sushi, detecting horsemeat in Ikea meatballs, and capturing a murderer thanks to a telltale hair…
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post DNA Science Blog is One Year Old!Read more
I’m coming up on the 52nd entry of the DNA Science Blog, and so below is a linked list of my sometimes…
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post A Very Special Birthday for a Young Man with Trisomy 18Read more
On September 10, Donnie Heaton will celebrate his 21rst birthday. But unlike most 21-year-olds, Donnie weighs only 55 pounds. He is one…
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post 10 Reasons Why Growing A Human Brain-in-a-Dish is TerrificRead more
“My brain! It’s my second favorite organ!” cried an aghast Woody Allen as his time-traveling character in 1973’s Sleeper, Miles Monroe, was…
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post Cholesterol Ups and DownsRead more
My favorite part of freelance science writing is when seemingly unrelated stories connect. The phenomenon is a metaphor for what’s happening in…
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post Is the Havasupai Indian Case a Fairy Tale?Read more
Twenty-three years ago, Arizona State University geneticist Teri Markow collected samples of blood from the Havasupai Indians, who live in a remote…
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post HeLa, the Havasupai, and Informed ConsentRead more
HeLa cells are back in the news, with a Comment from Kathy Hudson and Francis Collins in Nature celebrating researchers’ collaboration with the…
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post Polar Bear Genome Reflects Climate ChangeRead more
Sad polar bears clinging to tiny ice floes have come to symbolize the threat of climate change to wildlife. A glimpse into…
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post Let’s Slow the Race to Sequence Everyone’s Genome: 3 ViewsRead more
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic-testing is apparently here to stay, and will likely soon give way to exome and genome sequencing for all. Yesterday…