Over the past decade, SNPs have
shed new light on the genetic risk factors for common
illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease — and they've even helped federal investigators hone in on a suspect in the anthrax case (ScienceNOW, 12 August).
As an all around lover of animals, my mother will absolutely cry
over her pets»
illnesses and deaths, before she would ever
shed a tear
over a human being.