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Ricki Lewis

Genetic Linkage

Ricki’s Rant: Genome Sequence, NOT Genetic Code

January 11, 2012
Tags: genetic code, human genetics, human genome sequence, Human Genome Project, Ricki Lewis, Morse code, computer code, Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, insulin, X-Files, model organisms, drug discovery, recombinant DNA, viruses
Strawberries can use a gene from peanuts to withstand frost because the genetic code is universal.
Humans do not have their own genetic code, and certainly each of us does not have his or her own. The idea of our utter uniqueness might be attractive, but genetics just doesn’t work that way. And it’s a good thing.

The genetic code is the correspondence between a unit of DNA  Read More 
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Pig Parts

October 20, 2011
Tags: xenotransplants, pig parts, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Ricki Lewis, The Lancet, David K. C. Cooper, pig endogenous retroviruses, Living Cell Technologies, islet transplants, type 1 diabetes, insulin, Pigman
According to a new review in The Lancet, when it comes to transplants from pigs, smaller is better. (“Clinical transplantation: the next medical revolution?” from David K. C. Cooper and colleagues at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.)

People have harbored pig parts for years, in the form of bladder linings, ligaments, and of course heart valves.  Read More 
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