Jul 11 A genetic explanation of economic success By Gregory Clark There’s nothing to rule out the possibility that the economically successful of the modern world are actually genetically different from the people who are not successful, economic historian Gregory Clark tells Paul Solman in part four of their never-before published… Continue reading
May 15 Teenage girl’s 13,000-year-old wisdom tooth sheds light on early Native American origins By Jenny Marder The skeletal remains of a 13,000-year-old teenage girl pulled from an underwater cave below Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula provides fossil evidence for a persistent, but mostly resolved question on the descendants of early Americans. Continue reading
Jan 29 Got health problems? Blame it on Neanderthal DNA By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy If you are suffering from type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus, biliary cirrhosis, or you simply can't kick your smoking habit, you may be able to blame your Neanderthal ancestors. Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Uncovering ancient human fossils at Sima de los Huesos Excavation works at the cave site Sima de los Huesos. Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Human Genes Cannot Be Patented Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Human Genes Cannot Be Patented… Continue watching
May 16 Watch Major Embryonic Stem Cell Advance Raises Ethical Quandaries Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University have achieved a longtime goal. They cloned a human embryo to derive embryonic stem cells able to transform into tissues and organs genetically identical to patients who need them. Jeffrey Brown talks to… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Supreme Court Tackles Case of Patent Law, Human Genetics The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case on whether a biotech company can patent a gene associated with cancer. Jeffrey Brown gets details from National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle, plus viewpoints from Ellen Matloff of Yale Cancer Center, a… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Researchers Aim to Unlock Genetic Data Goldmine for Vital Medical Information Researchers Aim Unlock Genetic Data Goldmine for Vital Medical Information… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch Miles O’Brien Raises a Glass for Science Video of Miles O'Brien participating in alcohol study at University California San Diego… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch A New Genetic Map That Could Make Your Skin Crawl Very little has been known about the trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms in our bodies. But now, scientists with the Human Microbiome Project have completed the first microbial map of healthy humans. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Dr. Eric Green,… Continue watching