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March 24, 2012

In Praise of Mentors

In Praise of Mentors

I found him on Linked In, an unusual but familiar name among the many that the networking website had somehow deduced I should connect to. Elof Carlson, a blast from my past.

Back in fall 1975, when I was at SUNY Stony Brook, he taught Bio 101, and enlisted senior biology majors as his teaching assistants. Dr. Carlson, author of 14 books and a beloved teacher of many, was the first person to teach me how to teach.
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March 15, 2012

The Forever Fix is Published! A Short Reader

Reports are trickling in as people read my new book, The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It (St. Martin's Press). It
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The Forever Fix is Published! A Short Reader

Reports are trickling in as people read my new book, The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It (St. Martin's Press). It
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Published on March 15, 2012 21:00

The Forever Fix is Published! A Short Reader

Reports are trickling in as people read my new book, The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It (St. Martin's Press). It
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March 8, 2012

February 24, 2012

Anticipation

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February 21, 2012

The Y Chromosome: Size Matters

Let me get this straight: The human Y chromosome has barely changed from that of a rhesus macaque, a monkey from whom we parted ways some 25 million years ago, and that
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Published on February 21, 2012 21:00

February 20, 2012

Older Dads Have More Mutations

As a genetic counselor, I hate telling a woman over 35 that she
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February 14, 2012

February 7, 2012

Gene Therapy Changes the Brain

It isn
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