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Lafora disease

This is Jersey has a long article on the London Marathon including John Sharp. Who suffers from Lafora disease an extremely rare genetic disorder.

Chelseas Hope

The website has been updated including for example the latest on the genetic research as well as fund raising and other key updates. Note. There is also a yahoo group .

Sex genetics

Actually it is a bit more than that.

Autism genetics

It seems that this new discovered gene can only effect 15%. what about the other 85%?

Swine flu

More on swine flu genetics .

Murky genetics

There is a lot of questions over the genetics of swine flu.

Cancer genetics

This time prostate cancer.

Genetic lottery

It is a lottery whether people get prenatal genetic screening or not.

Genetic backlash

It seems the Steve Jones article which I discussed earlier has started a backlash and now cancer doctors want some of the money to be diverted from genetic research to research into surgery.

Cow genetics

Ought to be interesting .

Correct link

Here is the correct link for the research project at Oxford which the Mail failed to provide.

Rare nasty genetic disease

This is a brave London girl who has a rare nasty genetic disorder. Note the link from the Mail article does not work if you have the right link please email me.

Wrong genetics

It seems that genetics is not so simple as Steve Jones argues it is not a few genes but hundreds that are involved in causing diseases like cancer.

Multiple cures

It seems that genetic research by the creaters of Dolly the Sheep can lead to multiple cures for people.

Genetic switch

This is quite an interesting story .

Orkney genetics

Just off them some drink. On a serious note the money will have some impact on genetics . Let's hope they have not been screwing each other.

Stroke genetics

They have found 2 genes .

Genetic sense

The pioneer of genetic fingerprinting thinks it has gone too far.

Genetic failure

It seems that genetic engineering has not worked in increasing crop yelds but to be fair it has worked to make biotech companies rich and that is the main thing. Right?

Vaccines and drugs

It seems that genetic discoveries could lead to them. I hope so but I don't like the idea of vaccines due to the scare factor.

Not always the answer

It appears that genetics is not always the answer and other things have to be taken into account with cancer drugs.

ADHD study

They are looking for 600 families for a study. There are some indicitions of a genetic link.

Love at first genetics

It seems that love at first sight may exist and it could be genetic for fruit flies.

Google genetics

Brim's wife making money out of questionable genetic tests without proper mental health support. Let's hope that people see reason and not get fooled by the company and it's wild claims on genetic testing.

Personalised medicine

This area of genetics has been talked about for sometime but not very much has happened.

Eczma genetics

My dream come through a possible cure at long last.

Cancer genetics

This time it is skin cancer .

Cancer genetics

More research .

Inbreeding wolves

The wolves need a lesson in genetics to control themselves.

Robot genetics

A robot has done something which a human can't do.

Male pill

Genetic research has made it possible but not many women will believe it.

Celtic movement

Genetics has uncovered a movement of people from Ireland to Scotland.

No news

Today I have no news on genetics.