Tuesday Triple Trivia for October 14, 2014
3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. There is much talk about automation technology killing off certain jobs. Likewise, how is internet technology expected to infringe on aspects of the traditional hit man’s job? Hint: Answer: with greater connectivity comes … murder. As more and more surgical implants become connected online, hacking […]
Wednesday Web Watch for October 8, 2014
A total of eight DNA variants are associated with coffee consumption, chemical processing and effects, according to research results announced earlier this week in Nature.com‘s Molecular Psychiatry. Malcolm Ritter details the study in Coffee-drinking Genes Identified published by Bioscience Technology.
Triple Trivia Tuesday for October 7, 2014
3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. Babies + bad weather = ? Hint: Answer: Researchers in Canada have discovered that the number of days pregnant women were without electricity during the grisly 1998 Quebec Ice Storm resulted in specific alterations to their offspring’s T cells (a type of white blood cell that […]
Wednesday Web Watch for October 1, 2014
Future human health advancements will result, in part, from “capturing [and understanding] a dynamic picture of the human brain.” In essence, insight into the brain in motion in real time, is what top minds, guided and supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and […]
Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for September 16, 2014
3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. Forget upgrading to the iPhone 6. Save your bucks and you might be part of the elite few eligible for this type of upgrade… Hint: Answer: the argument that upgrades, generally, are only available to the economically privileged is not new, however, could the gap be widening […]
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 […]
Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for September 2, 2014
3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. It may not be in the form of a magic pill, but application of this technology may have you eating your way to slim & trim in no time. Burp. Hint: Answer: the genetic modification of a cell may greatly assist in the quest to eradicate […]
Marchant co-authors article in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
Gary Marchant An article, co-authored by Regents’ Professor Gary Marchant, Faculty Director of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law‘s Center for Law, Science & Innovation, was featured in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. Marchant co-authored the article with Rachel Lindor, M.D., J.D., a resident at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The article titled, […]
Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for August 12, 2014
3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. It has taken the LSAT, would very likely be at the top of its class and land a coveted position at any megafirm. What is it? Hint: Answer: IBM’s computer savant Watson is going legal. With the ability to “comb through mountains of data within minutes,” […]
Wednesday Web Watch for August 6, 2014
Since last year’s Supreme Court holding that naturally occurring DNA cannot be patented (as distinct from synthetic DNA created in the laboratory), Myriad Genetics has been busy. First, suing a number of its competitors for patent infringement on patents that withstood the Supreme Court case. Second, with the announcement of its European expansion and emphasis […]