Life Hacks for Doctors: Slideshow
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Joshua Schwimmer, the author of the Efficient MD Blog and the Efficient MD wiki, came up with a fantastic slideshow about life hacks for physicians. According to Wikipedia:
The term life hack refers to productivity tricks that programmers devise and employ to cut through information overload and organize their data.
Source: ScienceRoll - May 17, 2008 Authors: Bertalan Meskó Tags: Innovation Life Hack Medicine
Hair Color and Skin Pigmentation in Europeans
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A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Alleles Associated with Hair Color and Skin Pigmentation:It has been a longstanding hypothesis that human pigmentation is tightly regulated by genetic variation. However, very few genes have been identified that contain common genetic variants associated with human pigmentation. We scanned the genome for genetic variants associated with natural hair color and other pigmentary characteristics in a multi-stage study of more than 10,000 men and women of European ancestry from the United States and Australia. We identified IRF4 and SLC24A4 as loci highly associated with hair col...
Source: Gene Expression - May 17, 2008 Tags: Genetics
What is Conservatism?
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Austin Bramwell, Who Are We?:Whatever the difficulties of conservatism, surely one can improve upon the typical performance of those who take it upon themselves to explain it. In place of the conventional accounts, try this one: Conservatism is the defense of legitimacy wherever it happens to exist. "Legitimacy" here is defined in the empirical, Weberian sense: that is, an institution is legitimate if and only if the opinion has become widespread that it is right (for whatever reason or lack thereof) to obey it. The conservative, in short, cultivates obedience to existing institutions. This definition, I submit, has all th...
Source: Gene Expression - May 17, 2008 Tags: politics
Bonus Katz
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Source: Gene Expression - May 17, 2008 Tags: Blog
Synthesis
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About 5 years ago William Gunn was about to start blogging at Gene Expression; but life intervened and it never happened. Well, he's started posting at his own blog regularly, Synthesis, and I recommend it for anyone's RSS feed (you already have it if you are subscribed to The DNA Network, a really great way to introduce yourself to the "genetic blogosphere"; boy have things changed since 2002!).
Source: Gene Expression - May 16, 2008
Katz
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Source: Gene Expression - May 16, 2008 Tags: Blog
Invasion of not so tasty truffles.
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(Truffle picture from BBC.com)
The BBC (link) has an interesting article about a Chinese Black truffle being found as an invasive species in Italy. The Italian's and European truffle aficionados are worried that the Chinese Black Truffle will outcompete the Perigord Black truffle, which is supposed to be very tasty and the second most expensive truffle by weight, behind only the Piedmont White Truffle.
The scientific journal article (link) the BBC cites is present in the new phytologist and was authored by a lab from the "Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale dell’Università di Torino. Looks like the Chinese truffle spe...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - May 16, 2008 Authors: Chris Villalta Tags: adaptation ascomycota evolution fungi pezizomycota tuber truffle new phytologist BBC
Wubi
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If you don't have a spare computer, want to try out a Linux distribution, and are a little intimidated by the details of setting up a dual-boot, check out Wubi. It makes a dual-boot pretty much a "one-click" affair, loading up the Ubuntu distribution via a Windows installer. Read the comments on this post...
Source: Gene Expression - May 16, 2008 Tags: Technology
Heavy Heart
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I vowed I would never post when family took precedence. I have to break that vow today. I wish I didn't but there is something so vitally important that I must share with you. Why is this important? Because it might save more lives than have been previously lost.The scourge of Ovarian and Breast cancer has ravaged several populations. With very few cases of early detection in Ovarian cancer, many women present with spread of the cancer and very poor prognosis. Even more importantly, women who have ovarian cancer and BRCA mutations still are at risk for other cancers including breast cancer.Despite this I have heard comment...
Source: Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You - May 16, 2008 Tags: ovarian cancer Breast cancer helix health family history barack obama 23 and me family first navigenics
What’s on the web (2008 May 15)
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Hackers’ posts on epilepsy forum cause migraines, seizures (AP)
Greetings from Games for Health 2008 (Resilient Ambassadors of Change)
Defining Health 2.0 - Debate Rages On (Health Management Rx)
Web 2.0 Business Trends (Health2Zero (Health 2.0))
Introducing The Efficient MD Wiki (The Efficient MD): Visit the Efficient MD Wiki at http://wiki.efficientmd.com.
Wikiversity interview: Do you know what Wikiversity is?
Source: ScienceRoll - May 15, 2008 Authors: Bertalan Meskó Tags: What's on the web?
Polar bears: a species?
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Since everyone is talking about the fact that the Polar Bear how become a protected species, I thought I'd point to this cool study, Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeography of the North American Brown Bear and Implications for Conservation. Additionally, check out the figure below.... Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
Source: Gene Expression - May 15, 2008 Tags: Genetics
When genetic drift = more adaptation?
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I know I've posted on this topic before, but I thought I'd revisit it again. You do know that sometimes population bottlenecks can actually result in more variation being freed up for selection? This may strike you as a bit strange; after all, the power of selection to effect phenotypic change is proportional to genetic variance, specifically, additive genetic variance. Population bottlenecks imply a reduction in effective population size, the increase of sample variance across generations, that is, random genetic drift. As population size drops the stochastic change in gene frequencies becames proportionately much greater...
Source: Gene Expression - May 15, 2008 Tags: Genetics
One child future?
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Over the past few days I've heard some coverage of the horrible earthquake in China, and the anguish of the parents whose children were lost as schools collapsed. I was struck when one reporter noted that for many of the parents this was their only child.... That got me thinking about the implications of the one child policy, which is now approaching its 30th year. Most of you who read this weblog know that I think that the Bare Branches argument is a serious one; in short, that the sex imbalance within China due to son-preference will result in social instability. But what about the fact that for so many older Chinese the...
Source: Gene Expression - May 15, 2008 Tags: International Affairs
GLUT2 (SLC2A2) & sugar intake
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Via Luis, Genetic variant in the glucose transporter type 2 is associated with higher intakes of sugars in two distinct populations:Glucose sensing in the brain has been proposed to be involved in regulating food intake, but the mechanism is not known. Glucose transporter type 2 (GLUT2)-null mice fail to control their food intake in response to glucose, suggesting a potential role for this transporter as a glucose sensor in the brain. Here we show that individuals with a genetic variation in GLUT2 (Thr110Ile) have a higher daily intake of sugars in two distinct populations. In the first population, compared with individual...
Source: Gene Expression - May 15, 2008 Tags: Genetics
IL1RAPL1 and human cognitive ability
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This study aimed to investigate the effects of IL1RAPL1 on the human cognitive ability...Results indicated that genotypes of DXS1218, DXS9896 and rs12847959 were associated with memory/concentration factor intelligence quotient (IQ)...DXS1218 also associated with full IQ, verbal IQ, and performance IQ...rs12847959 were related to verbal comprehension factor and perceptual organization factor IQ...Further study on rat brain revealed that Il1rapl was mainly expressed in memory/concentration-associated encephalic regions, such as hippocampus, dentate fascia, osmesis perithelium, and piriform cortex. mRNA expression levels of ...
Source: Gene Expression - May 15, 2008 Tags: IQ
Neural Buddhism & the psychology of religion
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Many people are talking about David Brooks' new column, The Neural Buddhists. First, I think much respect should be given to Brooks for introducing science into his column; too much punditry today is informed by seat of the pants introspection & anecdote, as opposed to what scholars have uncovered thanks to the funding of the taxpayer. That being said, I think on the specifics there are problems with his interpretation of the literature in the area of neuroscience. Frontal Cortex, Island of Doubt and Evolution Blog have all hit the main points (though I tend to think that Jonah's reaction most closely reflects my own). I t...
Source: Gene Expression - May 14, 2008 Tags: Culture
Well, I'm a Doctor
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I can officially claim myself as a member of the ivory tower elite. At least, that's what they tell me. Read the comments on this post...
Source: evolgen - May 14, 2008 Tags: Vanity
X-Prizes for Health and Medicine?
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Have you ever heard about the Ansari X Prize that resulted in constructing the world’s first privately developed spacecraft?
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Have you ever heard about the Archon X-Prize for Genomics? It will lead us to a new generation of genome sequencing methods.
What about an X Prize for Health and Medicine? Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came up with some interesting ideas.
Of the specific proposals, one team suggested a prize for a major milestone in dealing with the problem of TB, which remains endemic in 22 nations and costs 1.7 million lives every year. Effective treatments exist, but the test...
Source: ScienceRoll - May 14, 2008 Authors: Bertalan Meskó Tags: 1000$ Genome Health Innovation Medicine science
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
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When I was a child in Bangladesh one of my "charming" activities would be to give the local banana seller some unsolicited advice. As he walked down the street carrying his banana-bunch I would shout down from the balcony and tell him which cultivars my family preferred, and that he better get with the program if he wanted our business. What he had on offer was similar to the Cavendish which you encounter in American supermarkets; my family tended to prefer a smaller, sweeter, variety which was often seeded. Despite all the problems (e.g., pathogen load) associated with living in an underdeveloped tropical country, if you ...
Source: Gene Expression - May 14, 2008 Tags: Culture
Soul gene?
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Ron Bailey in Reason, The Genetics of Ensoulment:
Advances in stem cell research may be provoking a kind of "God of the Gaps" retreat on the moral status of embryos. People who subscribe to God of the Gaps thinking believe that the hand of God can be seen in those things which science cannot explain. In this case, the closing gaps in the details of molecular biology are forcing pro-lifers into an uncomfortable corner where they have to decide whether or not a cell can be imbued with a soul by turning a single gene on or off. Read the comments on this post...
Source: Gene Expression - May 14, 2008 Tags: Genetics
Scientific Research and Medicine in Second Life
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David Pescovitz at BoingBoing had an interesting post about scientific research in Second Life, the virtual world:
This week’s Science News discusses several real scientific research projects inside Second Life. For example, Drexel University neurobiologist Corey Hart is building a virtual frog to study the neural pathways involved in hopping. Meanwhile, Robert Amme, a physicist at the University of Denver, is modeling a nuclear reactor as a training tool. Indeed, many research institutions are leveraging the simple sim tools of SL to create immersive science learning experiences.
This is a great example about how to...
Source: ScienceRoll - May 13, 2008 Authors: Bertalan Meskó Tags: Education Health Innovation Medical case Medical education Medicine Medicine 2.0 Second Life Virtuality Web 2.0 e-Science eHealth
Executive functions mostly heritable?
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99% Genetic? Individual Differences in Executive Function Are Almost Perfectly Heritable:The results from this approach are jaw-dropping: variance shared among each variety of executive function (inhibition, updating, and shifting) is nearly perfectly heritable: the contribution of the "A" component to those correlations is 99%. This heritable variance in the common executive function predicts nearly all of the genetic variance in the inhibition factor, consistent with the idea that those constructs are isomorphic from a heritability standpoint. Second, genetic influences on updating and shifting were roughly half due to t...
Source: Gene Expression - May 13, 2008
The Epi-Genomic Canary
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So many people talk about guniea pigs as the research subject. I think this is a disservice for the pigs. Personally I think the Shaft Canary is a much better analogy. You see, the subtle changes from the human guinea pigs may not make big headlines or get the public to listen....But, the canary in the shaft always makes big press.If you don't know what I am talking about, let me explain. One of coal miners earliest and continuous problems was carbon monoxide. It can kill fairly quickly. But way back when, there were no gas detectors.....we had a vey limited ability to identify the dangerous gas. So what did they do? They ...
Source: Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You - May 13, 2008 Tags: helix health deCode informed medical decisions DNA direct 23 and me navigenics
Richard Dawkins interviewed by 3 Quarks Daily
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Here. The embed is the best bet if you can view it; the download often fails (server has been slammed?). Only a moderate amount of discussion about religion; Dawkins talks a fair bit about an obscure field, evolutionary biology. Well done.
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Source: Gene Expression - May 12, 2008 Tags: Evolution
Richard Dawkins interviewed by 3 Quarks Daily
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Here. The embed is the best bet if you can view it; the download often fails (server has been slammed?). Only a moderate amount of discussion about religion; Dawkins talks a fair bit about an obscure field, evolutionary biology. Well done.Via Accidental Blogger.
Source: Gene Expression - May 12, 2008
Jessica Queller and the Sherpa
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So I can finally announce my big news. Helix Health will be hosting a webinar with the Author of Pretty is What Changes: Jessica Queller. I am excited to let everyone in on the big news. I will be letting you all know where to register shortly. With the recent introduction of books like Jessica's in the market it is becoming obvious that there is a significant population of women who are sharing their tales.The reason I love Jessica's book is because it is written in a such a readable fashion. You can tell that Jessica is a storyteller even without knowing she writes for Gossip Girl!So before you attend the next Helix Heal...
Source: Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You - May 12, 2008 Tags: spiegel and grau helix health 23 and me random house navigenics
Ways to skin the cousin marriage issue
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Another article about cousin marriage in the UK. The issue here is simple; you have a National Health Service which covers everyone, and doctors are noticing that Pakistanis are overrepresented in many cases of recessive diseases. The culprit is probably cousin marriage. Here are two points which are both valid:
'In our local school for deaf children, half the pupils are of Asian origin though Asians only form about 20 per cent of the population,' said Ann Cryer, MP for Keighley. 'I also know of several sets of parents in my constituency who are cousins and whose children are severely disabled. I have no doubt that the mot...
Source: Gene Expression - May 12, 2008 Tags: Genetics
President apostate?
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Edward Luttwak has a column (via The Corner) up pointing out that by Muslim measures Barack Obama is an apostate; so it is permissible that he should be killed. This is true, and I think if you asked most Muslims they would accede to the principle here. But as a matter of practicality these sorts of laws aren't enacted or enforced in all circumstances without sensitivity to other parameters; unlike Barack Obama the former president of Argentina, Carlos Menem, converted to Roman Catholicism from Islam as an adult (there have also been African leaders who converted from Islam to Christianity, but I don't believe they visited...
Source: Gene Expression - May 12, 2008 Tags: Religion
Trichoderma reesei genome paper published
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The Trichoderma reesei genome paper was recently published in Nature Biotechnology from Diego Martinez at LANL with collaborators at JGI, LBNL, and others. This fungus was chosen for sequencing because it was found on canvas tents eating the cotton material suggesting it may be a good candidate for degrading cellulose plant material as part of cellulosic ethanol or other biofuels production. The fungus also has starring roles in industrial processes like making stonewashed jeans due to its prodigious cellulase production.
The most surprising findings from the paper include the fact that there are so few members of some o...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - May 12, 2008 Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: filamentous gene family genome genome annotation genome sequencing trichoderma aspergillus biofuel cellulase comparative database definitions enzymes evolution fermentation fungi fungus fusarium JGI magnaporthe path
Will mushrooms save the world?
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Paul Stamets thinks so and he's done work to make this happen. The founder of FungiPerfecti and author many books on mushroom cultivation spoke at a TED talk recently that is worth taking a look.
We also wrote about how Paul has contributed (and donated in some cases) Pleurotus spawn as part of Dioxin cleanup in Ft Bragg, CA and cleaning up the SF Bay with hair and mushrooms.
See Paul Stamets' TED talk.
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Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - May 12, 2008 Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: bioremediation fungi news cleanup fungiperfecti mushroom pleurotus stamets TED talk
Browsing biology on the web: NextBio
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Last year p-ter put up a post pointing to useful online tools such as Haplotter. One of the great things about biology today is that so much of the data from genomics is being thrown out there within reach of the plebs. And a lot of value is being added through user interfaces which smooth the connection between you and these databases. So check out NextBio; from the FAQ:
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Source: Gene Expression - May 12, 2008 Tags: Genetics
Stuck at the Ritz
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I just received my itinerary for the Beyond Genome Conference in San Francisco? What's this conference? Well, in case you missed it.... The conference is the biggest organization of stakeholders and speakers of Genomic Technologies, Genomic Medicine and Policy Wonks. There are 4 themes which the conference is organized around. 1) Applying Sustems Biology 2)RNA Interference 3) Personal Medicine 4) Targeted Gene Therapy. It is a must attend conference. I will be speaking for approximately 20 minutes on Patient Centered Genomic Care. I will be bookended by Kari Steffanson and 23andMe.... The lead off is Misha Angrist of PGP f...
Source: Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You - May 12, 2008 Tags: helix health deCode DNA direct 23 and me navigenics
Powerset
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...is live. Don't know what I'm talking about? Natural language search; people have been talking about this as the Next Big Thing for a while.... (though I will say, if people have been talking about something, it isn't likely to be the Next Big Thing) Read the comments on this post...
Source: Gene Expression - May 12, 2008 Tags: Blog
Browsing biology on the web: NextBio
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Last year p-ter put up a post pointing to useful online tools such as Haplotter. One of the great things about biology today is that so much of the data from genomics is being thrown out there within reach of the plebs. And a lot of value is being added through user interfaces which smooth the connection between you and these databases. So check out NextBio; from the FAQ:NextBio is a life science search engine that enables researchers and clinicians to access and understand the world's life sciences information. With NextBio, in just one click you can search through tens of thousands of study results with billions of data ...
Source: Gene Expression - May 12, 2008 Tags: Genomics
Gender differences in the brain?
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Gender Differences in the Mu Rhythm of the Human Mirror-Neuron System:The present findings indirectly lend support to the extreme male brain theory put forward by Baron-Cohen (2005), and may cast some light on the mirror-neuron dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders. The mu rhythm in the human mirror-neuron system can be a potential biomarker of empathic mimicry.Don't know enough about this stuff to comment, but figure readers would find it of interest....
Source: Gene Expression - May 12, 2008 Tags: sex differences
Religion in China
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Pew has an excellent survey up about the state of religion and religiosity in China. There isn't a lot of good data out of China on this topic for obvious reasons. One of the phenomenon of recent years in the West has been the perception among evangelicals that China is the scene of mass conversions to Christianity. Because of the lack of data there are speculations of hundreds of millions of crypto-Christians; and some in the media repeat these claims rather uncritically (Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power is an example of the power of anecdote synthesized wit...
Source: Gene Expression - May 12, 2008 Tags: Culture
Bonus Kat
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Source: Gene Expression - May 12, 2008 Tags: Blog
Podospora genome published
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The genome of Podospora anserina S mat+ strain was sequenced by Genoscope and CNRS and published recently in Genome Biology. The genome sequence data has been available for several years, but it is great to see a publication describing the findings. The 10X genome assembly with ~10,000 genes provides an important dataset for comparisons among filamentous Sordariomycete fungi. The authors primarily focused on comparative genomics of Podospora to Neurospora crassa, the next closest model filamentous species. Within the Sordariomycetes there are now a very interesting collection of closely related species which can be ...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - May 11, 2008 Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: comparative genome genome sequencing neurospora sordariomycetes biology coprophillic dung evolution filamentous fungi fungus genes podospora repeats RIP sequences species
Western Muslims
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I have a new sublog over at Talk Islam. My first post, A wrong track for Western Islam?: Read the rest of this post... |
Source: Gene Expression - May 11, 2008 Tags: Religion
"Harun Yahya" goes to jail?
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Via The Corner, Turkish Islamic author given 3-year jail sentence:
Controversial Turkish Islamic author Adnan Oktar was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday for creating an illegal organization for personal gain, state-run Anatolian news agency said.
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Oktar, born in 1956, is the driving force behind a richly funded movement based in Turkey that champions creationism, the belief that God literally created the world in six days as told in the Bible and the Koran.
Istanbul-based Oktar, who writes under the pen name Harun Yahya, has created waves in the past few years by sending out thousands of unsolicited text...
Source: Gene Expression - May 11, 2008 Tags: Creationism
Gene Genie #31 at Adaptive Complexity
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The 31st edition is up at Adaptive Complexity. A great compilation of articles and blogposts about human genetics and personalized medicine. Thank you, Michael White, for hosting Gene Genie.
Gene Genie is the blog carnival of genes and gene-related diseases. Our plan is to cover the whole genome before 2082 (it means 14-15 genes every two weeks). We accept articles on the news of genomics and clinical genetics. The news and articles of personalized genetics are also included. Check out Gene Genie for more about this unique field of medicine.
Many thanks to Ricardo Vidal for the logo!
The next edition is due to be publis...
Source: ScienceRoll - May 11, 2008 Authors: Bertalan Meskó Tags: Blog Carnival Gene Genie genetics
Workman's Compensation, Stereotypes and GATTACA
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Have you ever had back pain? Almost everyone has. Who has sciatica?Sciatica a very common condition accounts for a significant amount of lost work days, medical costs and psychologic stress. Treatment failures are not uncommon, are often related to posttraumatic or work-related injuries, and may result in litigation. Although most people experience back pain during their lifetime, only a fraction experience lumbar radiculopathy or sciatica as a consequence of root compression or irritation. Almost 5% of males and 2.5% of females experience sciatica at some time in their lifetime. It is so costly to society and common that ...
Source: Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You - May 10, 2008 Tags: burlington northern railroad company deCODEme sciatica helix health 23 and me lower back pain navigenics
The 21st Century in Medicine: What will it look like?
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Jeffrey Dach used one of my recent posts (Personalized Medicine: Real Clinical Examples!) as a reference in his article describing the future of medicine. It’s a quite detailed and comprehensive essay about several fields of medicine and he doesn’t forget to mention personalized medicine and its impact on the future of healthcare:
Personalized Medicine is the combination of these two new powerful forces, Orthomolecular Medicine and Genetic Testing. In the future, Personalized Medicine will expand and ultimately play a dominant role in medicine. Example: Warfarin Genetic Testing allows improved calibration of co...
Source: ScienceRoll - May 10, 2008 Authors: Bertalan Meskó Tags: Computer Health Medicine Personalized medicine Robotics Video science
My Medical Career: Serving Medical Students
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My 5th year exam period is just about to begin, and I still need one more year to graduate from medical school as medical education takes 6 years in Hungary. I’ve been studying genetics for years and I’ve been trying to find good opportunities through my blog for more than a year now so I really know how hard it is to build a medical career. A new Australian service now aims to help medical students:
My Medical Career is an online career planning portal for Australian medical students and junior doctors. Our goal is to guide you through the process of selecting and achieving a career which best suits your inter...
Source: ScienceRoll - May 10, 2008 Authors: Bertalan Meskó Tags: Community Site Education Medical education Medicine Medicine 2.0 Web 2.0
One explanation to rule them all
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I've commented on height genetics now & then. It seems that the quantitative genetic supposition that variation on this trait was due to the cummulative effect of numerous loci of small effect is correct. Recent research has pinpointed about ~5% of the variance. In contrast, skin color variation is mostly due to polymorphism on about 6 loci; most of the variance is due to genes of large effect. This makes specific discussion of skin color easy, but height difficult.
I've been thinking about this when it comes social phenomena. Much of the verbal treatment presupposes a few large effect explanatory variables; but what if t...
Source: Gene Expression - May 10, 2008 Tags: Culture
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Source: Gene Expression - May 10, 2008 Tags: Blog
Good looks & Monte Verde
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Sandy has two posts over at Anthropology.net worth checking out; The sexiness of facial symmetry across cultures and species and Earliest known archaeological evidence of Americans found in Monte Verde, Chile.
Source: Gene Expression - May 9, 2008
The theory of evolution
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Over at The Scientist Neil S. Greenspan has an article up, Darwin and deduction:
One of the most remarkable but insufficiently noted features of Charles Darwin's conception of evolution is that its logical implications are still being worked out. I am not merely claiming that experimental and observation studies continue to make use of and bear on Darwinian ideas and principles. I am calling attention to the fact that after almost a century and a half, new deductions are still being teased out of his very fertile axioms of descent with modification and natural selection.
One of the primary criterion which scientists use t...
Source: Gene Expression - May 9, 2008 Tags: Genetics
What’s on the web (2008 May 9)
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Web 2.0 101 (My MD Journey): Videos about RSS, wikis, podcast or blogs:
Telemedicine could eradicate many expensive ED visits (huliq.com):
A community-wide study in upstate New York found that nearly 28 percent of all visits to the pediatric emergency department could have been replaced with a more cost-effective Internet doctor’s “visit,” or telemedicine, according to investigators from the University of Rochester Medical Center.
The new medical bloggers’ list is up at Medblog.nl. Check it out!
Talking Up A New Role For Cell Phones In Telemedicine (ScienceDaily): Two recent studies by other researchers...
Source: ScienceRoll - May 9, 2008 Authors: Bertalan Meskó Tags: Video What's on the web?
Tendentious Tom Wolfe
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Over at The Corner they are discussing an interview series with Tom Wolfe. Wolfe claimed that Charles Darwin was a plagiarist. Derb pushed back. Since they keep talking about the interview, I decided to watch. A few notes....Wolfe says that Darwin was an obscure man who had a famous grandfather (Erasmus I'm assuming, not Josiah Wedgewood). I don't think this is really right. Unfortunately, we can't run an experiment which deletes Charles Darwin's contribution to science, but before he became the great evolutionary thinker he was a prominent travel writer. The Voyage of the Beagle went through several editions; I'm not sure...
Source: Gene Expression - May 9, 2008
