Friday, May 13, 2011

Extra activity - Genetics on the news

Students searched the news outlets for recent genetics-related articles and selected one to discuss with their classmates.  In class they met in groups of six students, commented the highlights of each article, critiqued it, and chose two to share with the rest of the class.

There was a prominence of human molecular genetics articles, mainly on the health care field.  Pharmacogenomics seems to be a field of research on the rise, or at least it seems to be catching the attention of the broad public.  Here's a list of the articles students discussed in class:


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