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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 […]
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!
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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 […]
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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 […]
Almost forgot to let you know that I guest posted in Gloria’s excellent Cancer Commentary. I wrote about why African-American men are more predisposed to developing prostate cancer.
http://www.cancercommentary.com/2007/11/15/why-african-american-men-maybe-more-at-risk-of-developing-prostate-cancer/
Elaine
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My fellow b5 Science and Health journalist Grace at Kids Health Notes wrote a most interesting article in response to Dr James Watson’s less than helpful comments on intelligence and culture which I have previously alluded to in my article Dr James Watson co-founder of DNA - retires
I would also like to add my opinion on genetics and its […]
Following my article on cervical cancer screening, there are further initiatives aiming to eradicate cervical cancer, an easily curable cancer, if caught early.
School girls aged 12-13 will be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer from September 2008, the UK government has announced.
It is thought that vaccinating against the human papilloma virus (HPV) could […]
Cardiff University, Wales and Wellcome Trust, the UK’s largest medical research charity have embarked on a project to scan the entire human genome in search of genes that pre-dispose people to, or protect them from developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
The team led by Professor Julie Williams will use a technique known as ‘genome-wide association scanning’ to […]
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 […]
About a year ago, I posted about a “new” skin cancer gene and mentioned Tricia E. Black’s blog - teb’s page. She’d been told in May 2005 that she had stage IV melanoma, which was a recurrence from a first encounter in high school.
From The Indiana Lawyer:
In a blog entry posted the day […]
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