Epigenome is go
Hopes that an international human epigenome project will get public funding have been raised by the completion of the epigenome sequences for chromosomes 6, 20 and 22. Epigenetics is the study of the chemical groups that stick to DNA and act as switches to turn genes on and off. Epigenetic changes that happen during an individual’s lifetime may cause disease.
‘Humane’ execution
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled on 19 June that execution by lethal injection is constitutional and humane. Most other states don’t agree. Meanwhile, Jay Chapman, the Oklahoma doctor who created the lethal injection…
