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POPSHow one day we may all be eternally young "We found a normal developmental programme that works in young animals, but becomes unbalanced as the worm gets older. It accounts for the lion's share of molecular differences between young and old worms." If ageing is not a cost of unavoidable chemistry, but is instead driven by changes in regulatory genes, the ageing process may not be inevitable, he added.
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POPSBody 2.0: Changing the Nature of Genetic Data Worries that gene testing could create more problems than it solves are reasonable in the short term. Over the long run, however, gene testing and therapy will likely be viewed as "equalizing technologies" just like the Internet or cheap laptops. Body 2.0 is on its way and the nature of genetic data is about to change.
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POPSBioBricks -The New Science of Synthetic Life This is everything science education ever wanted to be, and it's been achieved without any cartoon characters or horribly unconvincing "Science Rules!" posters. The simple fact is that science does kick ass - you don't need to wrap it up in PR goodness and pretend it's something else
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POPSSimple reason helps males evolve more quickly “There’s a health aspect in figuring out differences in gene expression between the sexes,” said Wayne. “To make a male or a female, even in a fly, it’s all about turning things on -- either in different places or different amounts or at different times -- because we all basically have the same starting set of genes.”
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