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About time

Prizes like this should go to great people who have achieved things .

Huffington post on Epilepsy

While it is strictly not genetic I am including it due to the fact that some of the causes of epilepsy are genetic.

Political genetics

Bound to happen sooner or later .

Far more common

It seems that Huntingdon's disease is far more common than thought before.

Use it here

Maybe we could use it in Tower Hamlets to stop breeding like rabbits.

Copy and poaste

Copy and paste DNA is more common than it was thought .

Egg test

Not for animals but for women .

Follow up

I covered her story yesterday .

CJD

Not everyone is listed .

Diabetes

NHS Choices has more .

FDA stand

Good to see them taking a stand on genetic tests.

Poor girl

She needs to eat every 15 minutes .

Bloody hell

12 new genetic risk factors .

Good news

for sufferers of some genetic disorders .

Diabetes

I have covered type 2 diabetes genetics before.

Getting out of the water

It could have been the water bills they got .

Kidney disease

It seems that some of the genes may have been identified .

King Tut

The poor guy was killed by Sickle Cell .

Gut genetics

it can put you off .

Clover gene

That has been discovered .

Another one

Another article celebrating the human genone.

King Tut

More on the story which I covered earlier .

Listen

There is a program from BBC World which might be worth listening to .

Progress

Wright argues that there is a lack of it.

Africa

Don't forget the poor animals in Africa .

Sound advice

Listen to him as he knows his stuff .

Evolution

A fin to limb clue has been found which is very important in evolution .

Skin genetics

An article on skin cancer and genetics .

Excellent

This can reduce visits to the hospital .

Blood poisioning

A genetic septic can control it .

King Tut

It must be hard to figure out what the poor guy died of.

The gemone age

The BBC has an article on medicine in the genome age.

African society

They have a society for human genetics .

African genetics

Wellcome and NIH are to join forces .

On, off

More discussion of the genetic on off switch .

Height genetics

More information on that .

Genetic boost

This boost is very important .

Height

I have more on how complex genetic variations determine it.

Tall genetics

It is not always short but it can be tall as well .

Good news

Yep it is good news .

On and off

It is a shame we can't turn diseases on and off .

Healthier lives

The human genome project maybe of help .

Salt genetics

Increased intake maybe caused by genetic variation.

Ancient malaria

I have more news on ancient malaria .

Med diet

I hope it is the good stuff and not the rubbish stuff .

Malaria

Malaria is older than we first thought .

Ghastly

It is ghastly to think that Ozzy Osbourne could be compared to them .

Good screw up

This company screwing up has started a genetic debate .

Pig changes

H1N1 has gone through genetic changes in pigs .

Don't eat them

Don't eat those sick pigs .

Angolan kids

Some good news for Angolan kids .

HIV

There maybe a genetic fix .

Amazing

It is amazing that he is not dead .

Good news

IVF babies have some at last .

Even more

More information on the FDA decision .

More warnings

It is good to see the FDA now doing its job finally .

How awful

I hope that they use a lot of protection .

Good regulation

I hope that the regulations are good and the genetic testing companies are placed under proper control.

Testicular cancer

Scientists find genes linked to it.

Autism gene

I have more on that .

Not much

It has been a decade since human genome was mapped but not much has been done .

Hepatitis C treatments

The Times of India says that Hepatitis C treatment maybe down to genetic variants.

Lesser time

Some good news about the time frame .

Bosnia lafora

This is about 2 sisters in Bosnia who have lafora disease .

Mixed population

We all live in one way or another .

Autism

I have more on that .

FDA monitoring

More information on the FDA monitoring on genetic testing .

Autism

I have got more on autism .

Taking issue

Good to see that the FDA is taking issue with genetic testers.

One question

How did Vanessa Feltz find a man if men are attracted to pretty women ?

Wellcome Trust

The Wellcome Trust has more on the autism story .

NHS choices

Has got more on the autism story .

Indy

The Indy has the autism and genetics story.

Parents view

This woman has interesting views and everything will be controlled genetically sooner or later.

Dozens

It seems that there are a lot of genes linked to autism .

Autism genetics

I have more on the story which I have been covering for ages on and off .

Fake genetics

What an interesting article .

blaming genes

The Times of India backs up what I have been saying for ages .

Mixed up

What a bloody cock up .

Gambling genes

Blame it all on the genes .

Eating disorders

I have more on the genetics .

Any news

If you have any genetics related news than please email me.

Pfizer

Pfizer may have struck another gold mine .

Sarcoid

Sarcoid may have genetic basis.

Catching up

In genetics science is catching up with science fiction.

Alternative use

This seizure drug has an alternative use .

Genetic pilot

Some exciting news at last .

Jews and genetics

This is a very long and detailed blog posting. I hope someone reads it.

New treatment

Seems to be working for lung cancer .

Lifestyle genetics

A story that could go on and on .

Eating disorders

Eating disorders might be genetic .

LA Times

The LA Times has got the story on the Jewish gene .

Even more

This Jewish genetic story has taken on a life of it's own .

Blunder

Yes the movie is a genetic blunder.

Genetic feud

This is a genetic family feud .

Personalised treatments

I have more on that cancer story .

Jewish genetics

More on the story about Jewish genetics .

Breast cancer

It is more than the genes .

Bold claim

This is indeed a bold claim considering cancer is more than one disease .

Jewish genetics

There is a social reason for this.

Been talked about

If you were to read this blog often which I hope you do. Then you will know that personalised drug therapy is a hot topic .

Genetic earth

Scientists have built a genetic version of Google earth .

Lifestyle

It does not do much for genetic breast cancer risk.

The great con

That fowl stuff does not make you more alert .

Jumping genes

Keep on jumping folks .

Genetic drug

Genetics will determine who will benefit .

China cancer

I have got more on it.

Change of name

The genetic interests group has changed it's name .

Genetic terrorism

Don't give Osama any ideas .