An excellent excellent opinion piece in Nature by Bruce T. Lahn & Lanny Ebenstein. Since I cannot write as elegantly as they have, I’ll just urge anyone reading this to go and read the whole thing because it contains grains of gold like this.
Topics: Genetic diversity, genetics, Uncategorized

{"title":"I wish I wrote this","post_url":"http:\/\/biopinionated.com\/2009\/10\/08\/i-wish-i-wrote-this\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/sciphu.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"sciphu","date":"2009-10-08 00:42:55","summary":"An excellent excellent opinion piece in Nature by Bruce T. Lahn & \t\t\tLanny Ebenstein. Since I cannot write as elegantly as they have, I’ll just urge anyone reading this to go and read the whole thing because it contains grains of gold like this."}

Image by Getty Images via DaylifeFirst: State that most of our genome is junk.Second: When more and more promoters, enhancers, repressors and other regulatory elements are discovered, claim that this of course was not included in the definition of...
Topics: communicating science, junk DNA, Uncategorized

{"title":"How to have your cake, eat it, and then complain","post_url":"http:\/\/biopinionated.com\/2009\/09\/20\/how-to-have-your-cake-eat-it-and-then-complain\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/sciphu.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"sciphu","date":"2009-09-20 08:26:01","summary":"Image by Getty Images via DaylifeFirst: State that most of our genome is junk.Second: When more and more promoters, enhancers, repressors and other regulatory elements are discovered, claim that this of course was not included in the definition of..."}

Image via WikipediaI read this (via AnnaBones):Yesterday, when Gov. John Baldacci (D) signed a marriage equality law, Maine became the fifth state to allow legal same-sex marriage. On the Christian Broadcasting Network today, Pat Robertson responded by...
Topics: Uncategorized

{"title":"The slippery slope, maybe not so slippery after all","post_url":"http:\/\/biopinionated.com\/2009\/05\/09\/the-slippery-slope-maybe-not-so-slippery-after-all\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/sciphu.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"sciphu","date":"2009-05-09 11:47:12","summary":"Image via WikipediaI read this (via AnnaBones):Yesterday, when Gov. John Baldacci (D) signed a marriage equality law, Maine became the fifth state to allow legal same-sex marriage. On the Christian Broadcasting Network today, Pat Robertson responded by..."}

As life scientists, we failed in our communication with the rest of the world when our messages became:1.Survival of the strongest (which was supposed to be survival of the fittest)2. Abortion is ending human life (when what it really means is not...
Topics: Uncategorized

{"title":"Eight things we didn\u2019t communicate that well","post_url":"http:\/\/biopinionated.com\/2009\/05\/05\/four-things-we-didnt-communicate-that-well\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/sciphu.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"sciphu","date":"2009-05-05 10:34:40","summary":"As life scientists, we failed in our communication with the rest of the world when our messages became:1.Survival of the strongest (which was supposed to be survival of the fittest)2. Abortion is ending human life (when what it really means is not..."}

A good easy to do , quick test for colorectal cancer is something diagnostic labs have been wanting (and trying to make) for many years. Now, DNA-direct has introduced a new genetic test. The test is based on methylation of the vimentin gene.As a...
Topics: Colorectal cancer, diagnostics, Uncategorized

{"title":"Flip a coin Diagnostics ? Worse ? Better ?","post_url":"http:\/\/biopinionated.com\/2009\/02\/25\/flip-a-coin-diagnostics-worse-better\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/sciphu.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"sciphu","date":"2009-02-25 07:40:21","summary":"A good easy to do , quick test for colorectal cancer is something diagnostic labs have been wanting (and trying to make) for many years. Now, DNA-direct has introduced a new genetic test. The test is based on methylation of the vimentin gene.As a..."}