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Rebekah Fenton, MD, FAAP
RFentonMD
In preparation for future pregnancy, I’ve opted to pursue carrier testing. My maternal uncle had Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy; my single grandma and my mom (his younger sister) cared for him
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BarefootRebel
RebelBarefoot
I've been feeling really deflated around the governments obesity scheme. I despise the fact they are just using numbers to determine health. Im classed as overweight & fear now every
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The Beerologist at ExtrAnalytics 🍺🍻🍺🍻
collection_beer
Did you know that many yeasts used in #brewing #beer, are hybrids and infertile? They don't seem able to mate and sexually reproduce. For brewers this means that yeast genetic
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John Presloid
JohnPresloid
Years ago I had to unfriend a high school friend on FB because he kept attacking me about GMO food and vaccine conspiracy theories. He kept saying I needed to
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William Viney
WillViney
Twin research was a methodological pretext for Menegle's race science. He & his scientific peers escaped prosecution, laundering their reputations in Rome & founding precursors to @ISTStwins/@twins_congress & Twin Research
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cdrsalamander
cdrsalamander
This is good ... but also a moment of sad melancholy.My N. European genetics gifted me with what is called an "athletic build;" tall, lean, broad shouldered, small waist. I
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Channa Prakash
AgBioWorld
This greenhouse in Iceland is growing 130,000 bioengineered barley plants – not for making bread or beer, but producing epidermal growth factor – a highly prized ingredient in anti-ageing skincare
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JepsonLab_UCL
JepsonlabU
Observation. Since moving into the neurological disease field, I've found that many (reviewers!) feel that animal models need to precisely phenocopy human symptoms to be 'valid'. A brief thread on
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Dr Andrew Digby
takapodigs
Bella the #kakapo is still undergoing treatment for the #disease cloacitis, and is responding well. Hers was a severe case: one of the worst we’ve recorded. She’s fortunate we found
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Eric Turkheimer
ent3c
Some thoughts on the Harpers letter. I support it in spirit: the world would be a better place if people could be more tolerant and open minded. But I think
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Barton
Barton_options
1/ Fallacy of applying population fatality rate to an individual.Bad statistics. —> bad decision makingAssuming that 3month into the future, the infection fatality rate of COVID19 for 30-45yo male in
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Joni Coleman
Joni_Coleman
Next up is Randi Vogt to discuss Genetic and Environmental Influences on Non-Ability-Based Confidence #BGA2020 People are bad at estimating their ability, and have a disproportionate amount of confidence in
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Dr. Paige Harden
kph3k
An important piece of evidence that contradicts the assertion that family-level environments shared by children raised in the same home (c2) do not "make a difference" for life outcomes.193K twins
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Dr Dan Jones
ECBGreen
1/Hey @TVNZ. Instead of allowing Silly Billy to rant on primetime TV about how masks are bad for the immune system (they aren't), here's a list of new political candidates
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Michelle Jonika
michellejonika
I’m happy to see that the show Genetic Detective has been cancelled.This really opens up a larger issue about shows that describe these genetic advances without discussing genetic privacy concerns
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Strxwmxn
strxwmxn
The issue of race and IQ comes up over and over again. While it’s never wrong to ask questions, there are three aspects of the association that make it fatally
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