The Department of Homeland Security, is studding the possible use of a scanner that could map out DNA in less than an hour. The device is portable and about the size of a desktop printer and is being built by Network Biosystems (or…
By Lindsay Wagner The choice to immigrate is a hard one to make. Now, imagine just how hard the transition will be for your child. Yes, some children are able to adapt to new situations easily, but there are a…
Reported in the New York Times on Monday, public prosecutors in Berlin are investigating allegations that staff in some German embassies took bribes in exchange for issuing visas. According the the Foreign Ministry local staff in German embassies in the…
Humanitarian efforts are delicate issues, and the U.S. State Department’s suspended East African family-reunification is a prime example. The program, known as Priority Three (P3), was instituted to reunify families from civil war-torn areas with relatives living in the U.S..…
Back in the 1700s, the best way to determine who a persons father was, was by taking a good hard look at the child, followed by a good hard look at the father. If there were enough coincidences then maybe…
While in 2006 and 2007 there was a big push to create genetic passports for, plants, animals, microorganisms and even people this seems to be a dream of the past. What happened to genetic passports? Why was there so much interest in them? How…
