It was reported at the Future of Genomic Medicine conference that a genetic test in the early weeks of pregnancy unexpectedly led 26 women to a cancer diagnosis. Women seeking information about the genetic make-up of their fetus – using Sequenom’s increasingly popular MaterniT21 test – were found to have various types of cancer that […]
Current Genetics Update: Mitochondrial DNA transfer (“three-parent” IVF) regu...
pgEd was delighted to have Hadley Stevens Smith as an intern this summer. Hadley’s guest post about mitochondrial DNA transfer for Current Genetics Update is below. Thank you Hadley for this detailed overview of the scientific and ethical issues! The UK government’s health department is drafting regulations that would cover an ethically controversial new in […]
Current Genetics Update – pgEd’s newest lesson, “History, E...
One of the biggest concerns we hear at pgEd is that the advances in genome sequencing may lead to “designer babies” and a future in which diversity is lost because parents will genetically engineer their child to be the “best” child possible. Many people have seen the movie ‘Gattaca’, where it is predetermined at birth […]
Maine Science Teachers Association – highlighting Maria Palopoli’...
We had a great time at the Maine Science Teachers Association meeting this past Friday. Thank you everyone who came to our workshop! pgEd’s session was concurrent with friend and Brunswick teacher Maria Palopoli’s session. Despite our husbands having offices next door to each other, Maria and I actually found one another on our own, […]