A pair of genetic abnormalities could help doctors determine who might have colon cancer and how aggressive the malignancy might be. ...more

January 21, 2009

It may not be the most attractive or appealing definition, but in its strictest scientific sense, life is a common, sexually transmitted, medical condition with 100 percent mortality. At the time we are conceived, we are all programmed to die. Human life is being transmitted through "genes" the same way, since its creation. How well and how long each one of us lives is essentially decided by the genes, if we let nature take its course. ...more

January 11, 2009

It's been a busy year. But, then, you already knew that. After all, you were probably busy submitting video questions to presidential candidates on YouTube. Or infiltrating the audience at a John Kerry appearance. Or, you know, having a real life. ...more

January 1, 2008

Abraham Lincoln was the rarest of men, and John G. Sotos thinks that extended all the way to his chromosome 10. ...more

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