Just Say No
Just say no
Legally prescribed drugs are used to treat injuries and illness, and we need them, yet these drugs are more often than not, metaphorical seeds that grow when planted in the fertile soil of a person with a genetic disposition toward addiction. In the …
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Adoption and Genetics: Implications for Adoptive Parents
I found that genetics alone could explain neither Jamal's positive behavior nor his addiction; genes provide only probabilistic propensities, not predetermined programming. They provide probabilities for behavior and risk factors for disease but do not …
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Chimpanzee research provides insight into autism spectrum disorders
A discovery that variation in "receptive joint attention," or the ability of chimpanzees to follow another's gaze or look in the direction someone is pointing, has a genetic basis that could provide insight into autism spectrum disorders …
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