Eye on DNA Links - June 28, 2007

by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Posted June 28, 2007 in DNA and Disease, Eye on DNA Headlines, Genetic Engineering

• William Saletan examines transgenic animals and concludes that they’re the future of medicine.*
• The CHD7 gene is the first gene to be linked to idiopathic scoliosis.
• DNA tests on a tooth identifies Queen Hatshepsut’s mummy whose ingrate of a son tried to wipe out all traces of her after her death in 1482 BC.
• Finally, I can stop seeing Eddie Murphy pop up in my news scans for genetics, genes, and DNA. Murphy’s paternity test came up positive, pointing to him as the father of Angel Iris Murphy Brown whose mother is ex-Spice Girl Mel B. (You were wondering when I was going to slip this tidbit in, right?)
• Dr. David Altshuler of Harvard Medical School talks to MedPage Today about the genetics of diabetes (video).

*Update: Speaking of transgenic animals, here’s a naturally occurring zorse - zebra father, horse mother.

Tags: genetics, genes, dna, diabetes, mummies, queen hatshepsut, idiopathic scoliosis, transgenic animals

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