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Ancient DNA – A Poem for Haftarah Pinchas by Rick Lupert
Rick Lupert
July 6, 2018
Ancient DNA – A Poem for Haftarah Pinchas by Rick Lupert
Holocaust trauma, other gene changes during life, may be inherited
Jewish Journal
August 25, 2015
Every generation of Jews, it is thought, must learn the trauma of the Holocaust anew from parents or community.
Turning off the aging process
Jewish Journal
October 23, 2014
Studies in yeast, worms, flies, monkeys and even humans seem to prove that restricting calories is one of the few sure ways to combat the effects of aging.
Old assumptions questioned in Arafat’s mysterious death
Jewish Journal
November 22, 2013
President Yasser Arafat\’s spartan bedroom remains largely as he left it in 2004, when he flew off to France for treatment for a mystery illness only to return home two weeks later in a coffin.
Israeli who murdered his parents used tips he found online
Jewish Journal
July 1, 2013
An Israeli who stabbed his mother and father to death was convicted of murder on Monday partly because he searched online for tips including \”how to kill your parents and get away with it.\”
DNA patent ruling could aid women
Jewish Journal
June 19, 2013
When the Supreme Court decided on June 13 that unaltered human DNA cannot be patented, it was more than a victory for cancer patients and corporate rivals in the field of genetics; it was a reason to celebrate for Dr. Wayne Grody, a professor at UCLA School of Medicine who assisted in the case that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought against Myriad Genetics.
Medical examiner keeps private how Boston bombing suspect died
Jewish Journal
April 29, 2013
An autopsy on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev determined precisely how he died after a bloody shootout with police but the results can\’t be made public until the body is claimed, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Medical Examiner said on Monday.
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