Movie star and philanthropist Angelina Jolie’s recent disclosure in the New York Times that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy to lower her risk of breast cancer has put genetic […]
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Current Genetics Update – Introducing the microbiome to students
While some might say we live in the “Genomic Age,” there are so many fascinating dimensions to what makes us human beyond the sequence of our As, Ts, Gs and […]
Current Genetics Update – First case settled under the Genetic Information Non-
When the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) was signed into law by President Bush in 2008, Senator Kennedy called it “The first major new civil rights bill of the century.” […]
Teachers asked, we said yes! CGU – Current Genetics Updates
At the National Science Teacher Association meeting, a number of teachers expressed a difficulty they have in including the latest issues in personal genetics into their classrooms – time! As […]