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Genetics and Health

June 9th, 2008

Sequencing genome of celebrities - causing alarm

(Image credit: medicineworld.org) 
This week b5 media’s Health and Wellness channel is focusing on celebrities health.  Our focus is not on ‘tittle tattle’  and hot gossip about Angelina, Brad or ’Tomkat’ but rather a serious look at health issues that high profile individuals share with all of us. 
In the genetics world, our ‘celebrities’ are the likes of Craig Venter […]

By Elaine -- 0 comments

October 6th, 2006

Archon X PRIZE for Genomics

Grace at Flu Patrol and I were talking about the new Archon X PRIZE for Genomics: $10 million for technology that can map 100 human genomes in 10 days. And they’re not afraid of harnessing the power of celebrity and wealth to publicize the project.
…another $1 million if the team can decode the genomes of […]

By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD -- 1 comment