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Quest for a Kind Egg
Yep, I love eggs: scrambled, poached, deviled, fried, boiled, and my favorite, egg in a basket. They are the perfect breakfast or power-ball snack. I also love the idea of purchasing eggs from farms...
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Reporter's Notes: Food Safety
We put this story on the calendar back in September, before melamine-tainted milk started making headlines in China (with some products turning up on Asian grocery store shelves here in the US. Find...
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Direct to consumer (DTC) genetic tests: Here Comes the FDA
Could you guess what this is from one of its hairs? That’s about how predictive current genetic tests are for complex diseases like prostate cancer or heart disease. As I talked about in my last blog,...
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More Transparent Genetic Testing
A few minor tweaks to genetic testing companies' websites could make their offerings more transparent to the public and the FDA. The last couple of blogs I have been talking about direct to consumer...
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Milky Mutations
If you’re an adult and you can drink milk, then you are a mutant. Image courtesy of Collectie Willem van de Poll, via Nationaal Archief. Over the last couple of weeks it has become obvious that my...
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Who's Your Daddy?
Universal genetic testing may cause the break up of some families. What became clear to me at a recent meeting I attended is that most everyone is going to have his or her DNA read in the near future....
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Next Meal: Engineering Food
In this half-hour special, QUEST Northern California explores genetically engineered crops in the wake of Proposition 37, the 2012 ballot initiative that would have required foods containing...
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