/oss/taxonomy/term/4003/all en /oss/article/history-general-science/marathoners-owe-debt-gratitude-remarkable-research-team <hr /> <p><em>This article was first published in the <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/the-right-chemistry-marathoners-owe-debt-of-gratitude-to-remarkable-research-team">Montreal Gazette.</a></em></p> <hr /> <p>“Find me a cure,” implored Otto Radnitz in 1920 when his daughter Gerty graduated from medical school in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.</p> Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:03:21 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9823 at /oss /oss/article/health-general-science/are-you-there-race-its-me-dna <p>What would you say is Liam Neeson’s race?</p> <p>I ask this question because in this era of the gene, of people swabbing their cheeks to know where their ancestors came from, and of racism glazed over with the shiny patina of science, many people feel confused about race. They have heard that it’s a social construct, but that can be hard to square with rumours that only Black people have sickle cell anemia. And if 23andMe can report on your ancestry, isn’t that proof that race exists at the biological level?</p> Thu, 08 Aug 2019 15:41:10 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 7849 at /oss