I was unaware of the fact that many people do not understand the process of and implications of gene patenting when I wrote my first Genetics Blog (http://www.progressiveu.org/001550-genetics-1-gene-patenting-most-costly...) about how the government is failing us by allowing patented genes.
If you knew that your child is going to have Breast Cancer 100%, would you try and change this fact if the means were available?
I'm no feminist but I draw lines at the objectification of women... and men.
I was recently at a party with a playlist of those "bumpin' club hits" with repetitive beats, makeshift attempts at rhymes and cliche catchy hooks. Of course, this playlist consisted of eight or so songs and they played over and over the entire night.
USDA officials have recalled 143 million pounds of beef, enough meat to feed two hamburgers to every man woman and child in the United States, as reported by the Associated Press. A video broadcast across the nation showed sickening and cruel abuse of ill, dying, or crippled cattle at a slaughterhouse associated with the recall.
