New Book Predicts Increasing Partisan Polarization Worldwide
Humans are Hard-Wired for "Political Irrationality" says SUNY Professor Guillermo C. Jimenez. Partisan Bias is Rooted in Biology but Reinforced by Culture. The Result is an Angry and Polarized Electorate, Exploited by Self-Serving Politicians.

UCSF Researchers Use New Tools to Move in on Cancer Susceptibility Genes
UCSF (http://www.ucsf.edu/) researchers have used a new strategy to study inherited susceptibility for skin cancer in mice. In the process, they have identified a network of genes that may play a key role in controlling this susceptibility. The technique, the scientists say, could be used to identify such genes in human cancers.

Prostate Cancer In African American Genes
There is clear evidence that the African American male is nearly twice as likely to develop prostate cancer compared to the white male. Indeed the highest rate of prostate cancer in the United States is found in African American men.