GENOMICS

Genetic Testing 101

With new opportunities come questions about how to interpret the avalanche of genetic information and how to protect it from improper use.

Snap Observations: Labor-HHS Veto, One Laptop Per Child, Rewarding Drug Development, “Right to Dry”

President Bush vetoed the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill, which would have increased funding for the National Institutes of Health from $29 billion to $30 billion and required open access to published NIH-funded research.

Regulation or Free Markets?

Sperm banking is largely unregulated, raising controversial genetic, medical, and ethical questions. Yet the remedies are equally contentious.

Contraception Matters

There are problems galore lurking behind the baffling appointment of an anti-contraception activist to the Office of Population Affairs.

Green Collar Jobs: Climate Change Meets Civil Rights

“People are either thinking about civil rights or they are thinking about climate change. Rarely are they thinking about both.” The two issues are inextricably linked, argued Majora Carter at a panel on “green collar jobs” at the Center for American Progress this Monday.