Intersecting Processes

complexity & change in environment, biomedicine & society

September 21, 2010
by peter.taylor
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The path to personalized medicine may run through social stereotyping

For a gene in which the effect depends on the environmental condition, what kinds of medical conditions would receive the necessary investment in pharmaceutical and sociological research, screening, and preventative treatment/monitoring to address the conjunction of genetic and environmental factors … Continue reading

September 15, 2010
by peter.taylor
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MAOA: Interventions through and in social infrastructure implied by knowledge about gene by environment interaction

In 2002 Avi Caspi, Terrie Moffitt and colleagues published two articles in Science that examined psychological traits in relation to measured genetic and environmental factors.  In one of them they reported on anti-social behavior in adults in relation to the … Continue reading

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