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Ian Lamont writes "The Personal Genome Project has released the data sets and descriptions of traits, ethnic background and other information of the first ten volunteers, which include the project director and nine other people with backgrounds in genetics, medicine, and biotechnology. While the human genome was first sequenced at the beginning of this decade, what's special about this project is these 10 participants are having their names, genome, and other personal data gleaned from questionnaires shared openly on the Web, where interested researchers can freely access them. One of the ultimate aims of the project is to create a public database of 100,000 volunteers that researchers and other parties can use to determine what traits, diseases or other characteristics are associated with specific genetic markers. When asked why volunteers are requested to attach their names to the Web records, the project director said the data could be used by researchers in other fields outside of genetics, including forensic science and historical research. While this project opens the door for some interesting and potentially life-saving research, there may also be difficulties or problems for people whose records are posted on the Web. Would you participate? Would you share your name, along with your genome, disease history, and traits? Why or why not?"
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Green thumb or not, remembering to water your plant can be the most difficult of horticultural tasks. There’s the when, how much and at what frequency - and believe me, all plants are not created equal. But thanks to modern medicine (and a funky UK design company), you can order an I.V. drip for your dehydrated [...]
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by Rob Wright Many people may not think that R&D is part of construction. Most people think in terms of hi-tech, or medicine, or other scientific endeavours. However there is a surprising amount of R&D in the construction industry.
In the past, alot of it happened on site in your home. The result is that as things [...]
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The measure would put Christian Science prayer treatments -- which substitute or supplement medical treatments -- on the same footing as clinical medicine. The provision was inserted by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) with the support of Democrat Sens. John Kerry and the late Edward Kennedy -- both of Massachusetts, home to the Christian Science headquarters.
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A new government report shows as many as one in four U.S. teenage girls have had a sexually transmitted disease. "These are the facts of epidemiology, not ideology, and should be the basis for public health policy," said the director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine.
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