Tag: "IVF"

Test Tube Baby Nobel Prize

Test Tube Baby Nobel Prize

Dr. Edwards recently received a Nobel Prize in medicine for figuring out how to fertilize an egg in a Petri dish. Huge social impact but was the science Nobel-worthy?

 
Dr. Barry Starr

Post on Oct 11, 2010 by

The Wild, Wild Web

The Wild, Wild Web

I have often thought that the percentage of good scientific information on the web must be pretty low. So I decided to test the idea out on a question I was recently working on.

 
Dr. Barry Starr

Post on Jan 18, 2010 by

Careful What You Choose

Careful What You Choose

People often think about certain versions of a gene as either good or bad. One that leads to depression is bad while one that protects you from HIV infection is good. For most genes this is almost certainly too simplistic a view. Many versions of genes can be good or bad depending on your situation.

 
Dr. Barry Starr

Post on Jan 04, 2010 by