February 17, 2011
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Discussion on WUMB Commonwealth Journal based on new exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science exhibit, Race: Are we so different? Broadcast on Sunday February 13, 2011. Speakers: Peter Taylor, Nina Nolan, Chair, RACE Education Team, Boston Museum of Science, … Continue reading
November 11, 2010
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The data that researchers collect shapes the kinds of patterns and hypotheses or predictions they can make. Galton, a founding father of the analysis of similarity among relatives, recognized that those similarities say nothing on their own to distinguish ‘between … Continue reading
September 9, 2010
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Human quadrupeds: Social infrastructure (or its absence) makes genetic conditions hardwired ‘Family That Walks on All Fours’ is a popular science documentary on the United States Public Broadcasting Network (2006). Five offspring of a couple in a remote area of … Continue reading
September 7, 2010
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‘Gessen’s genetic counselors recommended an oophorectomy. But Gessen balked… Our culture doesn’t yet have the infrastructure to handle the consequences of the recent revolution in genetic testing. But we’ll need it…’ Review of Gessen (2008), Blood Matters, in International Herald … Continue reading
August 31, 2010
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In the News Focus story “Major Heart Disease Genes Prove Elusive” (4 June, p. 1120), cardiovascular researcher D. Srivastava claims that Genome-Wide Association research “wasn’t worth the expenditure—but that was hard to say prospectively.” The prospective optimism derived in part … Continue reading