Groundbreaking! A Breakthrough! Astonishing

Dec 10, 2010

Amid talk of genetic advances and their implications for public health at the 4th National Conference on Genomics and Public Health in Maryland this week, the researchers gathered to talk about a problem that has been plaguing the scientific community: hype.

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