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This event was cosponsored by Provost Peter Lange, Chancellor Victor J. Dzau, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, the Center for Philosophy of Biology and the Departments of Biology, Evolutionary Anthropology, and Philosophy.

Richard Dawkins FRS held the first Chair of the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford. He is the author of ten books: The Selfish Gene (1976, 2nd Ed 1989), The Extended Phenotype (1982), The Blind Watchmaker (1986), River Out of Eden (1995), Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), Unweaving the Rainbow (1998), A Devil’s Chaplain (2003), The Ancestor’s Tale (2004), The God Delusion (2006) and The Greatest Show on Earth (2009). Currently, he is working on a children’s book about the beauty of science for publication in the Fall of 2011. The Wall Street Journal said his “passion is supported by an awe-inspiring literary craftsmanship.” The New York Times Book Review has hailed him as a writer who “understands the issues so clearly that he forces his reader to understand them too.”

Published 2 years ago

By richarddawkinsdotnet

Book trailer: Here is a Human Being by Misha Angrist

"Along with providing a fascinating close-up view of cutting edge science, Angrist explores the many thorny questions provoked by genome sequencing, such as whether humans really want to know about their future infirmities, and whether everyone's DNA blueprint should be freely posted on the Internet. A vitally important and timely study of a society-changing technology."
- Booklist

"Angrist artfully uses his personal experiences to introduce readers to the frontiers of genetic knowledge today and its promise for the future." —Kirkus Reviews
(music by Sea Cow)

Published 2 years ago

By mhast8

Here is a Human Being

DNA technology has already changed our health care, the food we eat, and our criminal justice system. Unlocking the secrets of our genomes opens the door not only to helping us understand why we are the way we are and potentially fixing what ails us but also to many other concerns: What exactly will happen to this information? Will it become just another marketing tool? Can it help us understand our ancestry, or will it merely reinforce old ideas of race? Can personal genomics help fix the U.S. health care system?

Here Is a Human Being explores these complicated questions while documenting Angrist's own fascinating journey—one that tens of thousands of us will soon make.

Published 2 years ago

By DukeIGSP

Duke School of Nursing: The Compass Project

The Compass Project: Empowering Children to Express Values, Priorities, and Preferences towards Childhood Cancer Treatment
• PI: Sharron Docherty
• Co-I: Raymond Barfield, Julie Thompson, Debra Brandon, Margarita Bidegain
• Funding: School of Nursing Small Grant Funding, Additional funding applied for.

The purpose of this study is to design and test an interactive multimedia instrument that will empower children with advanced cancer to express their desires, values, goals, and priorities related to quality of life planning, in the context of decision making around experimental treatment. We will make use of a staged-design in order to produce an interactive tool, called the Compass, that will most likely be of interest to and usable by children between 7 and 12 years of age. Our primary emphasis will be on the ways in which such a tool can most effectively improve decision making at the bedside in one of the most difficult clinical situations.

Published 2 years ago

By DUSONORA

Healthy Focus Series: My Aching Shoulder

Kevin Speer, MD, explains why the shoulder hurts as we get older. Part of Duke Raleigh Hospital's Healthy Focus series.

Published 2 years ago

By DukeMedicine

Peripheral Nervous System: Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology

Duke Neurology of Raleigh's Vinod Krishnan, MD, helps to make sense of the peripheral nervous system.

Published 2 years ago

By DukeMedicine

Food Allergies in Children

Duke's Michael Land, MD, discusses food allergies in children, including how to recognize and manage food allergies.

Published 2 years ago

By DukeMedicine

New Tool Detects Untrustworthy Apps

A team of researchers from Duke, PSU and Intel have developed an on-phone tool called TaintDroid to monitor apps and how they are using phone's private data.

Published 2 years ago

By DukeUniversityNews

Katie's Bill - Featuring Sara Katsanis

Government estimates indicate that hundreds of thousands of rape kits and other evidence linger on laboratory shelves, even though DNA evidence and the FBI's CODIS database of offenders have helped convict thousands of criminals.

Published 2 years ago

By DukeIGSP

Two Dukes Enter Hog Waste Partnership

Duke University and Duke Energy are building a pilot project to turn
hog waste into renewable energy and carbon offsets.

Published 2 years ago

By DukeUniversityNews

Bed Bugs Bite Back, Thanks to Evolution

Bed bugs might sound like an old-fashioned problem, but now they are back - and with a vengeance. Fifty years ago, the blood-sucking pests were nearly eradicated in the United States thanks in part to the use of pesticides like DDT. Today, they are creeping over sheets - and tormenting hapless sleepers - across the country. Dr. James Crow, Professor Emeritus of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, is one of the founders of population genetics and molecular evolution. He shared his experiences both with early research in pesticide resistance and with bed bugs! (11.5 minutes)

Published 2 years ago

By NESCentMedia

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