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DNA Testing: Are the privacy concerns worth the risk?
By EDITA COSOVIC Have you ever wondered about your genetic makeup? From your ethnicity to a future health condition, AncestryDNA,...
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Jun 18, 20223 min read
Genetic Counseling: Helpful or Harmful?
By FABIHA CHOWDHURY & MANRUCHI PADDA A faint ring reaches into your ear as your face is grazed by a rolling breeze, carrying a smell so...
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Jun 18, 20223 min read
We Can Eat GMOs, But Should We?
By Wei Ni Zhang Potatoes, soybean, squash, papaya, corn, and apples. What do these foods have in common? They are a part of a group known...
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Jun 18, 20224 min read
Racial Disparities in Mental Health Care
By Sophia Augustin The genetic underpinnings of mental health have been the focus of research for several years in hopes of moving a step...
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Jun 18, 20223 min read
What is Biocuration?
By Marian Caballo Biocuration describes the act of integration and publishing of biological information into resources, online databases,...
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Jun 17, 20223 min read
A Genetics Based Approach to the Debate on Sick Animal Treatment
By Cervantes Pagan & Yasha Rubakha In the current political climate, animal treatment has become a hot topic of debate. More...
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Jun 14, 20223 min read
DNA Testing: Are the privacy concerns worth the risk?
By Edita Cosovic Have you ever wondered about your genetic makeup? From your ethnicity to a future health condition, AncestryDNA,...
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Jun 14, 20223 min read
Genetic Testing: How Much Access Do Companies Have to Our Personal Information?
By Jillian Chong According to Margo Georgiadi, the president and Chief Executive Officer of Ancestry, around 30 million people in the...
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Jun 14, 20226 min read
Bioethical Principles in Organ Procurement, Allocation, and Donation
By Jessica Alonso & Meriel Crowley-Wang Before the first successful organ transplant could take place, doctors had to perform many...
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Jun 14, 20223 min read
Genes: Product of Nature or Intellectual Property?
By Mahin Ahmed Genes, the basic units of heredity composed of sequences of nucleotides, have been at the forefront of the public eye...
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Jun 14, 20224 min read
Purine, Pyrimidine, and Prison: Evidence in the DNA
By Zubayer Mahbub What comes to your mind when thinking of police or detectives solving a crime? For most, the mental image is quite...
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Jun 13, 20223 min read
To Vaccinate or Not To Vaccinate?
By MiaoTing Zhen As of 2022, most Americans are vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, but this was not always the case. Even after the...
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