The second and final installment of the film The Gene: An Intimate History by Ken Burns and Barak Goodman premieres Tuesday, April 14th at 8pm EST on PBS stations across the US. As an educational partner for the film, pgEd has created a series of new educational pieces that accompany both parts of the film. If you […]
See you at American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) October 15-19, 2019!
pgEd’s Marnie and Nadine are presenting a breakfast workshop at ASHG on Wednesday, October 16th at 7:15am. Check out our abstract below, and meeting details are here: https://www.ashg.org/2019meeting/ We are looking forward to a lively conversation! —— Over the past 2+ years, deep-rooted racial and cultural tensions have risen to the surface across the United […]
Privacy and informed consent: “Operation Double Helix” charges 35...
Even with a good understanding of informed consent and an awareness of the risks and benefits of genetic testing, there are unfortunately ways in which well-meaning people, hoping to use genetic testing to improve their health, can run into problems. The US Department of Justice has charged 35 people with fraud, alleging doctors and others […]
Hot off the press: ‘Introduction to Personal Genetics’ – the 2019 edition
pgEd’s Introduction to Personal Genetics lesson plan offers an accessible, comprehensive and engaging approach to bring students into the urgently needed conversation about the benefits and implications of genetic technologies. This is a major revision of our previous lesson of the same name, and we are thrilled that this is getting into the hands of […]