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To march or not to march (against Eugenics)…is that the question?
Posted: February 25th, 2008, 4:11pm GMT by TigerDeafie
For some time now it has been known that Islington Deaf Campaign (IDC) are organising a march through the centre of London ‘to stop remove deaf gene’. From their website it is clear that their campaign has arisen as a result of the HFEB bill. They are to be congratulated on that. A march will [...]... -
Two other projects to mention…and an update on the genetics research project
Posted: February 20th, 2008, 11:26pm GMT by TigerDeafie
In addition to research on attitudes to genetics there are two other projects currently being worked on at Heriot Watt. The first is subtitling; there has been very little done into how deaf and hard of hearing people read subtitles, what they think of it, and what styles and types they prefer. A guy at Heriot-Watt, [...]... -
Genetics and the mitochondria 3-parent news story
Posted: February 7th, 2008, 8:39pm GMT by TigerDeafie
Taking a break from research in the national library in Edinburgh, I was reading a copy of the Scottish Daily Mail (as you do) over a cappuccino in a nearby café. (Please note, I do not *buy* the Mail, it was already in the café.) Skimming the pages and looking for interesting [...]... -
Genetics HFEB - links to articles in t.v., media, online, etc.
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 7:38pm GMT by TigerDeafie
Here are some further links on HFEB Bill you might like to see: http://breeze01.uclan.ac.uk/eugenics/ ‘See Hear’ on the Bill, for our international friends! with big big thanks to Clark http://www.bionews.org.uk/commentary.lasso?storyid=3697 Supportive article written by Heather Bradshaw, who is based at University of Bristol; thanks to Anna for bringing to my attention. http://www.gsdnet.org.uk/content/events/ The [...]...