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With at least the provisional success of genome-wide association studies to identify common disease-related variants now apparent, and highly significant P values floating up out of figures looking like nothing so much as a series of champagne flutes full to... - Cover puzzle
Anthony Edwards has produced an elegant representation of the genetic code in all its degenerate complexity for this month's , cover explained in Touching Base. Now you have a chance to use his device to solve a puzzle. Please post... - Trust but verify
The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium presents associations to seven common diseases and I can't help asking, "so how have we done so far?" Judging by the reference list of the recent WTCCC paper in Nature, the results of 10... - Selfish factoids
Why do editors prune appealing afterthoughts and out of focus information to leave only the highly-scrutinized core of the research paper? ‘Appealing’ is the key word, that stuff has a life of its own and can literally beg you to... - Making really good jam
Three splendid papers on type 2 diabetes in Science yesterday set a new standard for genome wide associations (GWAS) and emphasize the importance of multiple replications. For those with strong nerves, competitive collaboration is a fine way in which to... - Nature Genetics in the news
This week's new papers Here’s what we told the world’s journalists last week. You can use Google News to see what they made of our briefing. Please cite Nature Genetics as the source of the following items. If publishing online,... - Nature Genetics in the news
This week's new papers Here’s what we told the world’s journalists last week. You can use Google News to see what they made of our briefing. Please cite Nature Genetics as the source of the following items. If publishing online,... - Add value to your favorite gene
I’m currently attending the ISN-Nature Genetics Forefronts Symposium on Nephrogenetics in Danvers MA. If the Human Variome Project were to produce a comprehensive synopsis of all the variants of a single gene important for kidney function, together with all the... - This week's new papers
This week's new papers Here's what we told the world's journalists last week. Please cite Nature Genetics as the source of the following items. If publishing online, please carry a hyperlink to http://www.nature.com/naturegenetics. Mitochondrial point mutations do not limit lifespan... - This week's new papers
This week's new papers Here’s what we told the world’s journalists last week. You can use Google News to see what they made of our briefing. Please cite Nature Genetics as the source of the following items. If publishing online,... - Duke of URL
In the interests of giving credit to the resources geneticists find most useful, here are the the numbers of papers citing the most frequently cited links in Nature Genetics papers published in 2006 (volume 38). 108 of 184 papers cited... - Interpreting autism, neurodiversity versus disorder
19/02/2007 Dear Editor As an autistic person and active advocate of "neurodiversity" I am more than a little concerned with the spin being given in the press following the publication of the latest research into the genetics of autism. From... - This Week's New Papers
Here’s what we told the world’s journalists last week. You can use Google News to see what they made of our briefing. Please cite Nature Genetics as the source of the following item. If publishing online, please carry a hyperlink... - Minister Plasterk
Dutch scientist Ronald Plasterk has been appointed Minister of Education, Culture & Science in Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkendende’s cabinet. Plasterk has been in the political world for some time. He will replace Maria van der Hoeven, whose proposals on... - Real estate and DNA
Just to note one interesting example from the Question of the Year so far, David Goldstein suggests that Before long, a global wealthy elite will not only stump up the $1,000 dollars but will also hire 'sequence consultants’ to advise...
