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Line 18: − − ===BRCA gene for breast cancer=== − Right now a case is being heard before the United States Supreme Court on whether a gene sequence known to cause breast cancer (BRCA 1 and BRCA 2) can be patented by one company. This is one of the cases where the social and ethical implications of scientific discoveries have come to the fore. Click [http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Did_you_know_resources here] to read more. A private company has argued that since it "discovered" these genes only they could develop and administer tests for this gene. This, of course, means that many women will have no access to such potentially life-saving diagnostic strategies. Further this would hinder the progress of science itself as entities other than the patent holder would not be allowed to study or observe genes. This case is being heard by the court now and the pharmaceutical company is being opposed by public interest groups and association of scientists. For more information you can access the argument [http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/supreme_court_preview/briefs-v2/12-398_neither_amcu_lander.authcheckdam.pdf here]. − − ''Image Acknowledgement: http://geneed.nlm.nih.gov/index.php''
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== Did you know? ==
== Did you know? ==
===Tiktaalik roseae - Between fish and land animal===
Tiktaalik is a new species that was disovered in 2006 that has fish like features and features like a land animal. They have features of fish as well as tretrapods. Several fossils have been discovered of this fish. An extant fish [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alligator_gar.png Alligator Gar] resembles the Tiktaalik most. Click
===What is in a black hole===
===What is in a black hole===
[[File:e-coli.gif|100px|left]] People from Singapore planted so called "gene circuits" into the standard lab-bacterium E.-coli and made it attack biofilms of pathogenic bacteria AND kill them. Click [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sb400077j here] for more details.<br>
[[File:e-coli.gif|100px|left]] People from Singapore planted so called "gene circuits" into the standard lab-bacterium E.-coli and made it attack biofilms of pathogenic bacteria AND kill them. Click [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sb400077j here] for more details.<br>
''Image Acknowledgement'':ACS Synthetic Biology. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sb400077j<br><br>
''Image Acknowledgement'':ACS Synthetic Biology. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/sb400077j<br><br>