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Summer heroes still find time to save the world
Published July 4, 2009, 3:18 pm, Los Angeles Times
Despite complexities. "It's not my war," says Shia LaBeouf's Sam in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." "I fear it soon will be," replies the heavy-hearted towering steel of Optimus Prime. And we know, in that moment, that despite his wish to be just an ordinary guy, Sam will become the reluctant warrior. For us, sacrifices will be made. The world will be made safe. We will be saved.
July Fourth And The Jews
Published July 2, 2009, 1:14 pm, Baltimore Jewish Times
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Independence Day Weekend! This weekend America celebrates her 233rd year of freedom. Since 1776, we have been blessed in this wonderful country to enjoy a life where there is no ceiling or restriction on opportunities.
BlueGnome to Market Rubicon Technology for IVF Studies
Published July 2, 2009, 11:48 am, GenomeWeb News
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – BlueGnome will market Rubicon Genomics' technology along with its microarray-based aneuploidy chromosome screening and detection systems under a new non-exclusive agreement, Rubicon said today.
Tougher controls sought for DNA ancestry testing
Published July 2, 2009, 11:48 am, UC Newsroom
Regulation would set 'gold standard' in direct-to-consumer genetic tests for genealogy and medical use.
Bioethicists call for federal regulation of genetic ancestry testing
Published July 2, 2009, 11:33 am, PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the popularity of take-home DNA kits to trace ancestry or calculate the risk for serious medical conditions grows, there is an increasingly critical need for federal oversight of "direct-to consumer" genetic testing, as well as of the use of DNA samples for research, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and several other academic institutions.
This Week in Nature
Published July 2, 2009, 9:02 am, GenomeWeb News
Three genome-wide association studies published in Nature 's early online edition show that many common variants contribute to increased risk for developing schizophrenia -- not just large, rare structural variations.
Exhumation of 1812 war hero stirs controversy
Published July 2, 2009, 8:28 am, Canada.com
A controversy has erupted over one of the most famous corpses from the War of 1812.
Study Rewrites Textbook On Key Genetic Phenomenon
Published July 2, 2009, 5:23 am, Medical News Today
Because females carry two copies of the X chromosome to males' one X and one Y, they harbor a potentially toxic double dose of the over 1000 genes that reside on the X chromosome. To compensate for this imbalance, mammals such as mice and humans shut down one entire X-chromosome through a phenomenon known as X-inactivation.
Return of the race myth?
Published July 2, 2009, 3:34 am, New Scientist
The Human Genome Project blew apart the idea that "race" was a biologically meaningful term – but new genetic technologies threaten to revive it, warns Osagie Obasogie
Re-Write The Textbooks: Key Genetic Phenomenon Shown To Be Different Than Believed
Published July 1, 2009, 9:22 pm, Science Daily
Because females carry two copies of the X chromosome to males’ one X and one Y, they harbor a potentially toxic double dose of the over 1000 genes that reside on the X chromosome. To compensate for this imbalance, mammals such as mice and humans shut down one entire X-chromosome through a phenomenon known as X-inactivation. For almost two decades, researchers have believed that one particular ...
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