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Francis Collins (and his guitar) heads to the NIH

Just a short note and congratulations to Dr. Francis Collins for being confirmed as director of the National Institutes of Health. Francis Collins is new NIH director According to the Associated Press, Collins was confirmed by the US Senate yesterday via voice vote (say “aye” or &ldqu...

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Genetics and Health — August 08 09

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New Test Catches Illness Before Symptoms

This is common with most infections, but especially scary when it comes to the flu. You may have already passed the virus to someone even before you showed signs that you were sick. Case in point – the swine flu: the range of transmission is one day before showing symptoms up to seven days ...

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Genetics and Health — August 07 09

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Amelia Earhart Mystery May Soon be Solved

Amelia Earhart may have lived more than 110 years ago, but she still holds as much (if not more) appeal when she died as when she was alive. For starters, she was the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and would have made the longest round-the-world flight had she not crashed so...

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Genetics and Health — August 06 09

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Jude Law wants DNA Test on Unborn Child

Here’s a news that would have made it to the Maury Show. Actor Jude Law (36) wanted to get DNA test to make sure that the baby that girlfriend Samantha Burke (24) is really his. Burke and Law had a summer fling while he was working on the movie “Sherlock Holmes”, and when she be...

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Genetics and Health — August 04 09

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GM beet debate beaten in Boulder County

Here’s another GM issue that’s being close followed, and this time it’s a local (US) issue. Six farmers from the Boulder County in Colorado asked asking permission to plant genetically modified sugar beets on open space land, which are areas of protected or conserved land on w...

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Genetics and Health — August 01 09

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GM potato secretly planted in British farm

As much as I can in Genetics and Health, I try to stay away from the controversies of the GM food debate. There is so much that people don’t know, but need to understand about the entire science surrounding genetic engineering of plants and animals. But people’s opinions are so polari...

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Genetics and Health — July 31 09