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Pol 150: Research tips

Posted on April 29, 2015 by proftp

For tips on how to find scholarly articles, see Research & Writing, and scroll down to “How to Find Sources”—noting especially the bit about how “Google Scholar is your friend.” For tips on how to cite scholarly articles, see the … Continue reading →

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Who’s your daddy, er, mommy, er. . . (Leh 300)

Posted on July 23, 2009 by proftp

Here’s a link to the ongoing discussion on XX Factor (the DoubleX blog) on surrogacy. ScienceDaily is a daily news consolidator of, well, science news. Here’s a link to stories related to fertility. Note in particular the story on the … Continue reading →

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Regulation—or the lack thereof (Leh 300)

Posted on July 15, 2009 by proftp

In September 2003, the President’s Council on Bioethics issued a working paper on regulation of various biotechnologies. Although there may have been some changes in fed regs since then, I nonetheless believe that the basic findings of this paper still … Continue reading →

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Genes, race, & disease (Leh 300)

Posted on July 14, 2009 by proftp

The news is so accomodating to our course: The Journal of the National Cancer Institute has just published two studies (abstracts here and here; go thru the library to read the full articles) on disparate outcomes in sex-specific cancer survival … Continue reading →

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