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POPSTag, Your It! Where is the X-Prize for the ethicists who are able to inform the public what will be the social, moral, biological, and political possiblities of this DNA tagging?
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POPSFounder of a Cancerous Genetic Disorder If you have polyps and are wondering if you belong to the family with the colorectal founder gene, I would imagine that these are people who would have settled on the Connecticut River or other areas where the Dutch did not have settlements. That thesis is dependent on the family being English and not Dutch. If they sailed from England, the assumption is that they were English. Well, at least it is a start to help you learn more.
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POPSSome Survive Direct Contact with Plague and HIV When I read pokkets' clip on the history of the Bubonic Plague, I remembered this episode of the science documentary show on PBS called, Secrets of the Dead. It was very interesting, especially due to the relationship of those who are immune to HIV. I think that Dr. Stephen O'Brien should get a Nobel Prize for his work on the etiology of this gene.
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POPSModern Phoenician Kin Around the Mediterranean This is a companion article to a documentary that I saw about the whole process of the genetic analysis in Lebanon, while Zalloua and Wells were looking for the descendants of the Phoenicians. I was great! The scientists also had the opportunity to hire a local shipbuilder to build a Phoenician ship and sail it out into the Mediterranean.
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POPSBarbara McLintock discovered Jumping Genes The corn in the set of pictures from the history of the Human Genome research, reminded me of Barbara McLintock's work in discovering that genes could actually move or transpose themselves to create hybrids. She was a remarkable scientist.
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