Keystone Cops at the Police Lab
Compromised crime laboratories are a national scandal that can't be set straight until the labs are independent of law enforcement.
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Mother’s Travails May Appear in Offspring’s DNA
Puzzled over health complications more persistent among African Americans than in other Americans, researchers invoke epigenetics.
Environment Becomes Heredity
Advances in the field of epigenetics show that environmental contaminants can turn genes "on" and "off" triggering serious diseases that are handed down through generations. But there's also a more heartening prospect: The same diseases may be treated by relatively simple changes in nourishment and lifestyle.
Doctors to Treat You … and Your Pet
Some health professionals serving people and animals suggest the DNA divide can close on the care side.