Tag Archives: genetics
How Similar Is a Cloned Animal to Its Donor?
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 8th June 2026A recent article in the Wall Street Journal depicts the frequency with which cloned horses are now used in equestrian sports. This use is especially common in polo ponies. The practice is banned in thoroughbred horses. The public seems to think that a cloned animal is identical to its donor. This belief is not true….
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Y Chromosome Loss and Heart Disease
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 16th July 2022Below is a release from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It summarizes a study published in the AAAS’s journal Science. It deals with the previous observation that loss the the Y chromosome in white blood cells with an increase in cardiovascular disease and death. Whether this loss of the male sex chromosome…
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CRISPR and Human Characteristics
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 12th September 2020On September 9th PBS series NOVA presented a two hour program devoted to the genetic technique CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats). It’s a technique that allows for gene editing. You can read about by clicking the link above. The PBS program does a pretty good job of explaining how the technique works and…
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A Troublesome Inheritance – Book Review
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 11th April 2018Subtitled Genes, Race and Human History, Nicholas Wade’s book has managed to get itself denounced by 144 geneticists in a letter to the New York Times Book Review. How has Wade managed this feat? He has a long and distinguished career as a science writer which includes a stint as Science Editor for the same…
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The Gene – Book Review
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 12th November 2017That children share traits with their parents, grandparents, and siblings has been recognized since antiquity. How these traits were transmitted remained a mystery for more than two millennia. Unmasking this process has been the greatest scientific discovery since man discovered fire. Siddhartha Mukherjee has written a history of this entire process – The Gene: An…
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