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Public feedback sought on brain research issues

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Animal,Porkey Pig, Lobund-Wistar (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I would not allow my kids to be lab rats, but that is my decision as a father. What would yours be? ----- Advances in study, powerful tools have led to questions about impact on humans, society By Neo Chai Chin Jan 10, 2013 SINGAPORE - Should children be included in research on "smart drugs", or drugs that could improve their cognitive abilities? Should people lacking mental capacity be allowed to take part in genomic research? Does neuroscience research require more ethical safeguards than other types of biomedical research ? These are questions that the public is invited to mull over and provide feedback on, with the launch of a public consultation on Ethical , Legal and Social Issues in Neuroscience Research yesterday by the Bioethics Advisory Committee. Rapid advances in the study of the brain and the rest of the nervous system, as well as development of more powerful tools to explore and...

DNA test could reveal incest

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Okay, so it is said. The DNA test could accidentally reveal incest , but I would disagree in all points that the incest is accidental, eh? Who says that our science today is no longer discovering new things? And while this discovery on DNA test 'revelation' thing is new, the thing about incest is not. Read on, and find out more. ----- Posted: 11 February 2011 PARIS: DNA tests designed to pinpoint development disorders in children can also inadvertently reveal whether a child was conceived through incest, a letter published by The Lancet on Friday warned. Doctors led by Arthur Beaudet at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas , said the discovery opens thorny ethical and legal problems for clinicians. The test, known as DNA microarray analysis , looks for patterns of single changes in the genetic code that can point to known disorders. But the patterns can also reveal details about the donor's parentage without the parents having to undergo a test...