It turns out I have a lot more in common with a banana than I first thought. No, I don’t have yellow skin. I don’t bruise easily. And nobody waits until I am over-ripe to bake me into delicious bread. But under my skin, inside it even, I share one very important thing with bananas: […]
genetics
Shedding Light on Genetic Testing
In the Words of Dr. Philip Silverman • Majorie Nichlos Chair in Medical Research Learning your genetic “secrets” can be a deeply emotional issue. Can you live happily without knowing? Or not? You need to sort out how you’ll deal with it beforehand, because once you have the results, the “gene’s” out of the bottle. […]