“Do-it-yourself” Paternity Test

Posted on April 2nd, 2008

A new product at your local pharmacy is selling like hotcakes. It`s the Home DNA Paternity Test from Identigene, a “do-it-yourself” paternity test kit available over-the-counter.
Here`s how it works: Cell samples are collected from the inside of the cheeks using swabs provided in the kit. Cell samples from the father and from the child are [...]

Identical Twins: They Aren’t That Identical After All

Posted on February 21st, 2008

Just when I thought I know everything there is to know about identical twins, comes this new revelation. It seems that identical twins, previously thought to have 100% genetic resemblance, are anything but identical.
A group of researchers from the US, the Netherlands, and Sweden studied the genetic make up of 19 pairs of identical twins. [...]