Great idea, but it may never happen, especially if we're talking about genetics in medicine.
Even so, much of the public fear about genetics comes from poor understanding.
These people don't have to be famous, but they do have to know a great deal about genetics so they know what they are getting into.
"Cancer is one of the easiest things to go after, because we understand a lot about the genetics of cancer, " said George Scangos , chief executive of Exelixis (nasdaq: EXEL - news - people ), in an interview several weeks ago.
Back in 2003, Kathryn North and colleagues at the University of Sydney published a paper in a leading genetics journal about a gene called ACTN3.
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Among the largest underlying components of FBT, in trading today Biogen Idec Incorporated ( NASD: BIIB) is up about 6.8%, Myriad Genetics Incorporated ( NASD: MYGN) is up about 3.9%, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ( NASD: VRTX) is higher by about 1.8%.
Among the largest underlying components of XBI, in trading today Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( NASD: ISIS) is off about 0.6%, Dendreon Corp ( NASD: DNDN) is down about 3.4%, and Seattle Genetics Inc ( NASD: SGEN) is lower by about 0.9%.
Among the largest underlying components of IWO, in trading today CommVault Systems Inc ( NASD: CVLT) is down about 1.1%, Dril-Quip, Inc. ( NYSE: DRQ) is down about 1.1%, and Seattle Genetics Inc ( NASD: SGEN) is up by about 0.2%.
At the moment, genetics accounts for about 15% of what determines life span.
The science of genetics is also about to explode.
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V. ( NASD: QGEN) is off about 2.6%, Illumina Inc ( NASD: ILMN) is down about 0.3%, and Myriad Genetics, Inc. ( NASD: MYGN) is lower by about 1.1%.
Ideas floated for study include using advanced scanning techniques and genetics to fuel knowledge about who is most at risk for head injury, finding ways to regrow knee ligaments in a lab, identifying injury prevention strategies such as new drugs or new helmets, and addressing ethical issues surrounding player injuries.
Dr David King, of Human Genetics Alert, expressed concern about a "drift towards GM babies".
But the law says little about other spheres, such as what consumer genetics companies may do with all the data they collect.
The Center for Genetics and Society is trying to encourage debate about the topic.
Prof Donnelly, a professor of statistical science at Oxford University and director of the Wellcome Trust centre for human genetics, said DNA samples were analysed at about 500, 000 different points.
And when it comes to the offspring of Suleman, whatever one thinks of Darwin and genetics, assuming he was even partially right about genes, is there any hope for the children of such a hopelessly odd mother, not to mention a man who provided his seed because he was "in love" with her?
Among the largest underlying components of XBI, in trading today Seattle Genetics Inc ( NASD: SGEN) is up about 0.4%, Incyte Corporation ( NASD: INCY) is up about 0.8%, and Pharmacyclics, Inc. ( NASD: PCYC) is up by about 1%.
Among the largest underlying components of XBI, in trading today Seattle Genetics Incorporated ( NASD: SGEN) is up about 0.1%, Cepheid Incorporated ( NASD: CPHD) is down about 2.8%, and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ( NASD: ALXN) is lower by about 1.7%.
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Among the largest underlying components of XBI, in trading today Seattle Genetics Incorporated ( NASD: SGEN) is down about 1.4%, Alexion Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ( NASD: ALXN) is off about 0.8%, and Cubist Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ( NASD: CBST) is lower by about 0.5%.
Although about 70% of a person's height is determined by genetics, children need good nutrition, with plenty of protein, vitamins and calcium, to reach their full adult potential.
With the Supreme Court about to hear a landmark case on gene patents, Myriad Genetics, the company that owns the patents under scrutiny, is going on the offensive.
What we were interested in doing back in those early days of human molecular genetics was just trying to find out some basic information about inherited variation in our DNA. And it was purely by accident in those studies that we generated, totally out of the blue, what proved to be the very first DNA fingerprint.
After reading online about genetic research, Ms. Dewey-Hagborg joined Genspace, a New York genetics laboratory, and brought samples she found on Brooklyn streets into the lab for DNA extraction.
It is what science should be about, says one of the very best of them, Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics at University College London.
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