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Some Genes Reactivate After You Die

Scientists find that some DNA messages get stronger after death

If you’re like most of us, you probably imagine that everything in your body shuts down when you die, from your heart to your brain to the tiny strands of DNA that “program” your body’s cells. However, results of a new … Continue reading

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What is DNA Banking? An Interview with Jeff Harbeson, Part Two

The DNA Memorial offers the bereaved a chance to keep the DNA of their dead loved ones close and accessible for future medical advances

Today, in the second part of a two-part interview, SevenPonds speaks with Jeff Harbeson, the CEO of CG Labs in Ontario, Canada and the founder of Family Choice Funerals and Cremations, a Virginia-based company with a vision of becoming the … Continue reading

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What is DNA Banking? An Interview with Jeff Harbeson, Part One

The DNA Memorial offers the bereaved a chance to keep the DNA of their dead loved ones close and accessible for future medical advances

Today, in the first part of a two-part interview, SevenPonds speaks with Jeff Harbeson, the CEO of CG Labs in Ontario, Canada, and the founder of Family Choice Funerals and Cremations, a Virginia-based company with a vision of becoming the … Continue reading

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The Promise and Hope a New Blood Test Brings as an Alternative to Cancer Biopsies



Researchers across the U.S. are testing out a blood test that could potentially find pieces of cancer DNA in one’s blood

For the most part, cancer biopsies tend to involve surgeons having to operate and remove pieces of wherever the suspicious cells and tissues that could be tumors might reside. According to a recent New York Times article, however, there is … Continue reading

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