Sunday, October 31st, 2010
US Government Says Genes Should Not Be Eligible For Patents
In a historic reversal of a longstanding and controversial policy, the U.S. Government has just filed a legal brief saying that genes should not be […]
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
In a historic reversal of a longstanding and controversial policy, the U.S. Government has just filed a legal brief saying that genes should not be […]
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
Leigh Van Valen, the fascinating evolutionary biologist who proposed that HeLa cells had evolved into their own species and were no longer human, has died. […]
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
This just in: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has been named as a finalist for the 2010 Wellcome Trust Book Prize, which celebrates medicine […]
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