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China: The Wild West of Scientific Research
Posted on July 1, 2010A Washington Post article* from this past week discusses China as an emerging leader in scientific research and development. Just a decade […]
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Kathleen Dunn talks to Rebecca Skloot on WPR
Posted on June 17, 2010Earlier this month on the Go Big Read Blog, we let you know that Rebecca Skloot was going to WPR with Kathleen […]
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5 reasons Henrietta Lacks is the most important woman in medical history
Posted on June 11, 2010According to Popular Science, Feb. 1, 2010, 276(2), p. 81. This is the sort of summary that the public is reading on […]
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HeLa and Henrietta
Posted on June 10, 2010Rebecca Skloot has been all over the air waves—tv and radio—talking about her recently published book and UW-Madison’s Go Big Read for […]
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Related books, dissertations & theses
Posted on June 3, 2010Related books: A conspiracy of cells: one woman’s immortal legacy and the medical scandal it caused (1986) Race and medicine in nineteenth- […]
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UC Berkely’s Freshman Get DNA Kits
Posted on June 3, 2010UC Berkely wants their freshmen to discover what they are made of, literally. The Los Angeles Times reports that Berkely is sending […]
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Wisconsin Public Radio- Skloot & Dunn-Wed. June 2nd.
Posted on June 1, 2010On Wednesday, June 2nd, Kathleen Dunn will be interviewing Rebecca Skloot, author of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” Skloot was also […]
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Synthetic Cell Brings Up Old Ethical Questions
Posted on May 26, 2010This week the scientific community excited and intrigued by Craig’s Venter’s Mycoplasma mycoides, which is being called the first synthetic cell. Venter […]
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“Immortal” on TV’s Law & Order
Posted on May 25, 2010On Wednesday, May 19th, “Law and Order” had an episode called “Immortal,” that had a storyline about “stolen” immortal cells, an African-American […]
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Consent and Organ Donation
Posted on May 6, 2010One of the most well-known types of informed consent is organ donation. When issued a driver’s license for the first time, we […]