Wednesday Web Watch for March 11, 2015
The risk, benefit and cost analysis generated by gene therapy is highlighted this week in an article by Meredith Knight, entitled Gene therapy dilemma: Would you tweak your child’s genes if it might prolong life but leave her deaf? Writing for Genetic Literacy Project, Knight discusses the various issues that come into play with the […]
Wednesday Web Watch for November 12, 2014
Personalized medicine is getting noticed at Google. In Genetic Literacy Project Christina Farr reports that the company recently announced it will begin offering pricey DNA tests, as part of its health benefits program, in January 2015 to employees and family-members fighting cancer. Test results will assist oncologists in providing tailored drug treatments based on a […]
Wednesday Web Watch for September 10, 2014
While there are still nuances to be ironed out, last year, the fundamental legal question regarding the right to patent human DNA was resolved. We lived through (and even wrote about) the myriad of Myriad court decisions, which culminated in the 2013 Supreme Court decision that DNA, as it exists in nature (as opposed to […]
Genetic Literacy Project Highlights GMO
In his article, entitled Big Food spends millions to defeat GMO Labeling in key state New York, and published in Genetic Literacy Project, David Klepper (not Keppler – this determination took some investigation) highlights certain aspects of the latest mandatory labeling battle taking place in New York State. With the legislative session scheduled to end this […]