Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for January 21, 2014
3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. What first-in-kind procedure was recently approved by the FDA to help determine intellectual disabilities in infants? Hint: Answer: the identification of variations in particular chromosomes via a simple blood test will help predict certain mental disabilities in young children. According to Dr. Annemarie Stroustrup, an assistant […]
Use and Misuse of Genetic Information
In a recently published article entitled The Use and Misuse of Genetic Data, ASU law Professor Gary E. Marchant outlines and discusses the most controversial of three identified applications of genetics: those based on pseudoscience. Marchant further pinpoints the five areas prone to misapplication of genetic information as those involving race, crime, behavior, medical and […]
Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for December 17, 2013
3 questions. 3 hints. 3 answers. Every Tuesday. 1. From genetically modified foods to particular household products, what multi-tasking acronym appears popular with the FDA? Hint: Answer: the FDA has proposed that manufacturers of over-the-counter antibacterial soaps need to establish that these products are generally recognized as safe or GRAS (and are more effective against […]
The United States Supreme Court Resolves the Gene Patent Controversy (Or Did It?)
A couple of months ago we (Marchant / Stevens) wrote an article on the status of gene patents following the Supreme Court’s June 2013 decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. Our paper was recently published by Verlagsgruppe Deutscher Fachverlag, a German establishment which among its specialized publications includes InTeR – Zeitsschrift […]
Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for December 3, 2013
Law school exams are here. Best of luck to our ASU students. Remember, some creativity in your answers is good – but don’t overdo it: 3 questions. 3 hints. 3 answers. Every Tuesday. 1. What tasty unregulated product, available to minors, produces “water vapor” which may contain benzene, toluene, nickel, arsenic, formaldehyde and acrolein? Hint: like so many words today […]
23andMeandtheFDA
With the FDA’s warning letter to 23andMe and follow-up articles taking news networks by storm, ASU law professor, Gary Marchant weighed in on the issue in an article for Slate entitled The FDA Could Set Personal Genetics Rights Back Decades. In his commentary, Marchant claims that the FDA’s directive to 23andMe to cease marketing its genetic tests “is a […]
Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for November 19, 2013
3 questions. 3 hints. 3 answers. Every Tuesday. Question: what technology is changing the way physicians deliver medical services? Hint: “Beam me up, Scotty!” Answer: telepresence robots, otherwise described as mobile video-conferencing machines, allow a doctor to attend a patient’s bedside despite the two being hundreds of miles apart. The telemedicine robots permit doctors to “beam” into […]
Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for November 5, 2013
3 questions. 3 hints. 3 answers. Every Tuesday. Question: what is to brain like jumper cables are to car battery? Hint: cow goes “moo, “dog goes “woof”… this goes “zap.” If this hint doesn’t make sense, ask a younger colleague, or go to YouTube for assistance. Answer: transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a technique […]
$74 Million Donated to Fund Genomic Research
Harvard and MIT’s Broad Institute, through the The Slim Initiative for Genomic Medicine in the Americas (SIGMA), along with others, will use the funds to focus on advancing genomic medicine and diagnostics – especially diagnostic tools for breast cancer and diabetes. Read the details here.
TUESDAY TRIPLE TRIVIA TEASE FOR OCTOBER 29, 2013
3 questions. 3 hints. 3 answers. Every Tuesday. Question: what has increased 24% since 2010? Hint: you can touch it, feel it but you can’t see it… Answer: the updated Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory contains 1,628 consumer products – up 24% since 2010. The inventory has been enhanced and now includes greater scientific data,” […]