Marchant discusses heritable epigenetic mutations & environmental justice

A number of genetic alterations have been linked to hazardous environmental exposures. Studies have further suggested that the effects of such changes may be passed on to future generations.  While additional verificatory studies in the area of transgenerational epigenetics are required, LSI Faculty Director Gary Marchant and his colleagues investigate its potential social impact through […]

LSI’s Marchant & Stevens Publish in Personalized Medicine

LSI Faculty Director Gary Marchant, Faculty Fellow Yvonne Stevens and physician Grant Senner recently published an article discussing physicians’ duty to recontact patients with updated genetic information and impacts with the Future Science Group. To view the article, click on the link below and register on the Future Medicine website (or log in, if you […]

Worldwide Web Watch

April 20, 2016 In More People Seek Genetic Testing, But There Aren’t Enough Counselors, Todd Bookman highlights just that: while people are increasingly interested in undergoing genetic testing, genetic counselors, who assist with pre-test consultations and post-test interpretations and guidance, are an almost rare commodity.  This has been an issue, in particular, with direct-to-consumer genetic […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia for December 16, 2014

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. What technology can finally tell the difference between the Doublemint gum twins? Hint: Answer: back in 2004, available forensic tools could not differentiate between DNA belonging to identical twins.  Fast-forward ten years: a genetic test able to make the distinction has been developed and, for the […]

Wednesday Web Watch for December 3, 2014

This past June, a healthy baby boy was born in California.  Not so unusual.  What was unusual is that this baby’s entire genome was privately sequenced before his birth using a tissue sample, a high-speed DNA sequencing machine and free online software.  In an article entitled For One Baby, Life Begins With Genome Revealed, published in […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia for November 4, 2014

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. Lie detector tests…so 1980s.  What honesty-assessment technology is being appplauded as the next best thing on the horizon? Hint: Answer: app developers are working on algorithms geared toward determining whether a person is being honest, or not, via facial cues.  Researchers say we are very close to […]

I Love Your Genes!

The article, I Love Your Genes, co-authored by ASU Law Professor Gary Marchant was featured this week in Slate magazine.  The piece looks at recent genetics-based relationship assessment and dating sites and discusses the science & relevance of the growing “spit, seal and mail” phenomenon.   For once it doesn’t matter whether the ones you have […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for July 15, 2014

3 Questions.  3 Hints.  3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1.  In what area might genetics be making yet another impact? Hint: Answer: turns out there’s a “genetics of taste” opening the door even further for a better understanding of consumer food choices and related repercussions, like obesity and disease.  Genetic markers may provide insight into what […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for April 22, 2014

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. Ever wonder about folks who walk over burning coals or lie on a bed of nails and seem to withstand the pain?  What recent discovery may provide an explanation? Hint: Answer: according to a new study to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 66th […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for February 4, 2014

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. What extraordinary approach is being taken by one pharmaceutical company to help the ordinary? Hint: Answer: UCB, a Belgian company has established a contest to locate physically “gifted” people to assist scientists with the development of medicines for ordinary people.  UCB hopes to identify and study […]