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Archive for the ‘Genetics and Health Blog Carnivals’ Category

May 4th, 2008

Genetics blogs round up - Gene Genie#30

(Image courtesy of Ricardo Vidal at My Biotech Life) 
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 […]

By Elaine -- 0 comments

January 8th, 2008

It’s b5 Theme Day - New Year’s resolutions from Genetics and Health

 
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 […]

By Elaine -- 0 comments

December 13th, 2007

Xmas pressie list from Genetics and Health!

 
 (From The DNA Store)
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 […]

By Elaine -- 0 comments

November 13th, 2007

World Diabetes Day - Wrong shoes dangerous for diabetics

It’s World Diabetes Day and here is my support for the day, although it’s not quite genetics based but it’s topical for me.  One of my favorite fathers at my boys’ school is a diabetic and is having a really tough time with circulation problems.  Today he let me know he will probably lose a […]

By Elaine -- 2 comments

September 13th, 2007

Kids need more sport!

Hi!  It’s the b5 media theme dayand it’s all about getting back to school. Thanks Kristina Chew at AutismVox for hosting it this month! Check out my fellow b5 bloggers, there’s some great articles!
So here’s my contribution to the day.  Not quite full on genetics but the subject matter is about our kids ever increasingly sedentary […]

By Elaine -- 2 comments

March 24th, 2007

Gene Genie #3: What’s in Our Genetic Future?

Gene Genie here at Genetics and Health today. Let’s look into my crystal ball and see what’s in our genetic future.

Dave Bridges at Biochemist in Exile discusses mutations in the PP1-GM that can lead to insulin resistance and diabetes. Perhaps an important target for future therapies.
Lisa Lee at DNA Direct Talk works at a company […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 43 comments

March 20th, 2007

Gene Genie Wonders About Spontaneous Mutations and Autism

Gene Genie is coming to Genetics and Health and you can be a part of it! Send me your post about genes and/or gene-related diseases and I’ll include it in a round-up this Saturday, March 24. Be on the lookout for some magical genetic moments.
This morning, Genie is wondering how spontaneous deletions and duplications of […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 1 comment

December 7th, 2006

Tangled Bank #68 at Down to Earth

The theme for this issue of Tangled Bank #68 is The Voyage of Discovery and Daniel Collins is our commander.
How opportune! I just finished reading This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson and can’t get over how amazing it is. I’m hoping to make it out to Kent to visit Charles Darwin’s […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 0 comments

December 5th, 2006

Grand Rounds 3(11) at The Antidote

Dr. Emily DeVoto is hosting this week’s Grand Rounds 3(11) at The Antidote. I especially appreciate her effort to include to all submissions because, in my opinion, Grand Rounds and blog carnivals in general should be all inclusive instead of an exclusive club open only to a few.
Here are two posts from Grand Rounds that […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 0 comments

December 4th, 2006

Mendel’s Garden #9 at Salamander Candy

Three reasons why you should go visit Salamander Candy to read this edition of Mendel’s Garden #9: Gene-gle Bells Edition. These guys crack me up!
1. The name Salamander Candy is cool, their banner is even more cool, and their About blurb hilarious.
We are a hive mind of geeky zoology graduate students in Oregon who […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 1 comment

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