Word: dna
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...there are no warranties on adoptions. Those who set out looking for perfect "designer" children are likely to be disappointed. Nor is it possible -- or even necessary -- to know everything about a child. "People shouldn't get the idea that they can't be parents unless they have a DNA profile of a kid," says Professor Joan Hollinger of the University of Detroit law school. Instead adoptive parents, armed with as much information as possible, should face the inevitable mysteries -- just as all parents...
However, researchers cautioned against labeling this strand of DNA "the alcoholism gene." The gene's absence from more than 20% of the alcoholics studied suggests that additional factors are involved. Other genes, as well as an individual's upbringing and surroundings, are likely to play an important part. As evidence for an environmental influence on alcohol abuse, researchers point to the significantly higher incidence of alcoholism in men than in women, as well as the rarity of the condition in certain religious groups that discourage drinking, notably the Amish and the Mormons. Researchers also feel that last week's results...
...what other arena would have periodic charts hanging on both sides, instead of championship banners? There's no NCAA championship banner hanging above the rink here, but a model of DNA...
...Suffolk County District Attorney's office also has sent blood samples to a lab for DNA testing which would establish the parenthood of the child. Results will take at least three weeks, said Dr. Gerald Fegin of the state Medical Examiner's office...