Has your mom ever told you not to watch TV too closely? Have you been told as a child that reading too much (or cross-stitching too much) will hurt your eyes? That’s not too far out an idea, at all.
Myopia or nearsightedness is a condition where one has trouble seeing objects that are farther away. […]
Continue Reading April 4th, 2009
Competition is certainly good for us. One by one, the big league universities in the Boston neighborhood are going OPEN ACCESS.
Open access publishing means that research works can be read (online) and used freely by the public without paying subscription fees to journals and publishers. I know personally how expensive it […]
Continue Reading March 27th, 2009
Asians would know what I’m talking about. You drink a few sips of alcohol and suddenly, you feel nauseated and hot, you face turns beet red, and your heart beats faster. Known as the “Asian Glow” or “Asian Flush”, this reaction to alcohol is a risk factor for cancer of the esophagus, one of the […]
Continue Reading March 25th, 2009
I got this off Senator John McCain’s Twitter (yes, he now tweets). Over the last few days, the Arizona lawmaker has been tweeting his version of “The Top Porkiest Projects” in the Omnibus spending bill.
Here are science/genetics projects that Sen. McCain consider earmarks or pork-barrel:
“$819, 000 for catfish genetics research in Alabama”
“$1,427,250 for […]
Continue Reading March 6th, 2009
“… something borrowed, something blue!”
Nah, no one is getting married from Genetics and Health. But the quote is apt at describing the changes at this site in the next few weeks.
Genetics and Health has been a terrific place to get information on (almost) every topic covered by the fields of genetics, health […]
Continue Reading March 6th, 2009