Monthly Archives: December 2019

This EXCELLENT article appears in the Wall Street Journal online evening of Dec 19, out in print morning of Dec 20. THIS (very sad) story is what I’m seeing more and more of, at the University of Cincinnati. And it … Continue reading →

This is an incredibly powerful summary of what has happened to our nation’s colleges and universities during the past three decades — eloquently and sincerely written by a Stanford professor who knows what is happening. Brilliant observations from one who … Continue reading →

Happy Holiday Season THESE GEITP PAGES WISH EVERYONE A JOYOUS HANUKKAH AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020. OUR SHARING OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES — WILL RESUME AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. 😊 DwN

These GEITP pages have often discussed events during evolution — which in fact occurs because of gene-environment interactions. Once the original nucleic acid formed “the first gene” (more than 4 billion years ago), all genes ever since have diverged and … Continue reading →

The etiology of most complex diseases (i.e. multifactorial traits) involves genetic variants, environmental factors, and gene-environment (GxE) interaction effects. Because of the contribution of many small-effect genes and marginal genetic association studies, GxE analysis requires large numbers of samples and … Continue reading →

The metal chromium (Cr) is present during the manufacturing of many consumer products — plus being present in particulate matter from vehicle and other emissions. The valency states of Cr found in occupational and the general environment include Cr(0), Cr(III), … Continue reading →

A more accurate classification of complex diseases — such as psychiatric illnesses and cardiometabolic disorders — into clinically and biologically more homogeneous subtypes could perhaps facilitate the understanding of disease pathophysiology and development of more targeted interventions (i.e. drug therapy). … Continue reading →

In the late spring of 2019, these GEITP pages mentioned the SpaceX program — which turned out to be very helpful information: some of our GEITP readers saw this string of lights rapidly moving across the sky and, because they … Continue reading →

The belief that some people are born “gifted” — and others are genetically programmed to be mediocre — is deeply rooted in our culture. However, the influence of genes on learning is not straightforward. Authors [see attached article & editorial] … Continue reading →

Fine-tuning polygenic risk scores (PRS) falls within the GEITP theme of gene-environment interactions. The ability to accurately predict disease risk (for complex diseases that involve contributions from hundreds or thousands of genes) — is one of the goals of “precision … Continue reading →