Genetics and Health

June 10th, 2006

Gene Doping in World Football (Soccer)

The excitement leading up to the FIFA World Cup even got me wearing England white and red today in anticipation of the England vs. Paraguay game. (I currently live in London.) One of the major developments in soccer/football in the run-up to the World Cup included the ratification of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) […]

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April 13th, 2006

Chromosome 17 and Drug Dependence

Two clusters of genes on chromosome 17 have been linked to opioid addiction - heroin, morphine and oxycontin. A linkage analysis of 393 families, most with at least two individuals with opioid dependence, scanned the genome for genetic markers that appear to be inherited more frequently between affected family members.
Dr. Joel Gelernter of […]

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March 30th, 2006

Guest Blogging at ThePharmVoice

Are pharmaceutical companies out to help us or hurt us? Find out what I think over at Gloria Gamat’s ThePharmVoice where I wrote: Big Pharma Bad.
Tags: big-pharma, disease, DNA, drugs, Genes, genetics, health, pharma, pharmaceutical-companies, pharmaceuticals

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