http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5122174/

Face-off over facial transplants
Doctors prepare for surgery, but key questions remain

GMF's are taking over

http://www.speakout.com/activism/issue_briefs/1130b-1.html


Random Facts:

Over half the soybean crop, one-third of the corn, and a growing percentage of potatoes grown in the U.S. are genetically modified.
A bipartisan group of U.S. Congressmen introduced a bill (H.R. 3377) in November 1999 to require labeling of genetically modified foods.
The Food and Drug Administration is considering a ruling that would require genetically engineered food products to be labeled.
In 1999, Gerber announced that its baby foods would no longer contain any genetically modified foods.
Agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland plans to segregate its genetically modified and non-genetically modified foods crops.
Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives

Newborn Genetic Screening vs Right to Privacy

http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/07/30/genetic-privacy-rights-vs-public-health/

This article discusses the genetic screening tests that newborns take as soon as they are born. In Minnesota, there are laws that state that blood samples cannot be used for research. However, many people disagree with that statement. Genetic privacy advocates believe that blood sample should not be taken at all unless parents "opt-in" to let them do that. This article seems to be on the con side of the genatic privacy argument.