The Ontology of the Patent Law, Part II Lukas 4:50 PM 1 comment Illustration of "native" DNA in the human cell, from the majority opinion in Ass. for Mol. Path. v. Myriad Genetics, United Sta... Read More
"Slow Science" and the Sequester Hank 9:09 AM 1 comment We asked Robin Wolfe Scheffler, who studies the history of biomedicine, cancer virology and scientific infrastructure, what thoughts about c... Read More
-Ome Sweet -Ome Hank 8:56 AM 6 comments We asked Evan Hepler-Smith, a historian of science whose work focuses on how chemists have used language, data, and method over the... Read More
A Short History of Neuro-Everything Hank 3:08 PM 3 comments Braaaaaaaaains are everywhere these days. In the wake of the big announcement about the Brain Activity Map (BAM) Project , publicity aroun... Read More
The Ontology of Patent Law, Part I Lukas 8:12 PM 6 comments On April 15 of 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear a case challenging the practice of patenting DNA sequence... Read More