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Many thanks to Razib at Gene Expression for hosting Gene Genie#30, the carnival of genetics blogs. Click on the following link to get a great summary on all that is happening in the genetics blog word. There are some great articles, including some from G&H.
http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2008/04/gene_genie_30.php
Here are links to […]
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Even the best of companies have IT problems and b5 media the group which www.geneticsandhealth.com is part of, is no exception. An upgrade provided an array of glitches and server crashes so I took the opportunity of having some time out.
Spent quality time with the kids on their short school vacation, fine tuned the details on […]
Fellow science blogger Pharyngula has blogged this but I just have to show Genetics and Health readers this wonderful video showing dolphins’ version of home entertainment!
Elaine Warburton
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Grace at Kids Health Notes and Kristina at Autism Vox have both written about the gene CNTNAP2 being unequivocally implicated in Type 1 Autism.
In her article CNTNAP2, an autism susceptibility gene which I highly recommend, Kristina writes a personal account of her ongoing experience with her son Charlie’s autism and discusses the recent research findings.
Do read […]
My colleague Kristina at Autism Vox has written a great article about the genetic basis of Autism. Research has indicated that either a deletion or a duplication of a section of chromosome 16 seems to contribute strongly to susceptibility to autism.
I highly recommend you click on the following link to read more:
http://www.autismvox.com/like-father-like-son/
Elaine Warburton
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It’s theme day at b5’s Science and health channel and this month’s theme is New Year’s resolutions.
I don’t really ‘do’ resolutions as I never keep them for more than a couple of weeks but here is my own ‘home-made’ recipe for a healthy, eventful and happy life.
Into life add in a large quantity of ‘everything in moderation with the […]
This is not strictly a genetics related topic but having given my hubbie an iPhone (awesome!) for Christmas, the following article caught my eye. I’ve worked in the health industry for quite somewhile and surgical equipment names have, by and large, been dull as ditch water and lacking any ‘wow’ factor. At last this looks to be changing….
Scientists at Imperial […]
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Scott at b5’s Health and Men has written a great article on bottled water and the recycling debate. I would like to add my views on bottled water from a genetics perspective.
I drink bottled water quite regularly but each time I ask the question …why? It’s often over 2 years old with another […]
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b5’s Science and Health channel correspondents are coming together to bring you our Top 5 lists for Christmas and holidays … each of us with different slant!
Here at Genetics and Health we are recomneding the following …
Straight in at Number 1 and this has to be YOUR New Year’s resolution
….. if you’ve got a family history […]
This blog should have been posted a while back, so apologies if appears a little behind the times!
Recently James Watson and Craig Venter let it be known that they had their genomes sequenced and analysed. Each reported their respective predispositions to various diseases.
Bearing in mind it cost several $bn to sequence the first human genome, […]
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