Jonathan Latham Online gene testing company 23andMe last week published its first genetic research study into Parkinson’s Disease. The study was funded by the participants (many of whom are customers of 23andMe), the company itself, …
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The Great DNA Data Deficit: Are Genes for Disease a Mirage?
Just before his appointment as head of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Francis Collins, the most prominent medical geneticist of our time, had his own genome scanned for disease susceptibility genes. He had decided, so he said, that the technology of personalised genomics was finally mature enough to yield meaningful results.
Continue readingGoodbye Dolly….Hello Synthia
Below is a press release of the ETC (Ethics, Technology and Concentration) Group J. Craig Venter Institute Seeks Monopoly Patents on the World’s First-Ever Human-Made Life Form ETC Group Will Challenge Patents on “Synthia” – …
Continue readingCisgenic Plants: Just Schouten from the Hip?
Allison Wilson and Jonathan Latham Many genetic engineers have long resented the regulatory procedures imposed on transgenic crop plants, often arguing that there is no difference between the risks arising from transgenic plants and plants …
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