Today is both DNA Day and World Malaria Day. As I was pondering how to connect the topics, e-mail arrived from my…
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post DNA Day and World Malaria Day: The Sickle Cell/Malaria Link RevisitedRead more
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post DNA Day and 20 Years of Writing a Human Genetics TextbookRead more
This month we celebrate the DNA anniversaries: unveiling of DNA’s structure in 1953, and the human genome sequence in 2003. From now…
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post A GPS View of the Human GenomeRead more
Taking cues from global positioning satellites, Yuval Itan, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at Rockefeller University and his colleagues have created the “human…
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post Genetic Modifiers: Healthy Mutants Fuel Drug DiscoveryRead more
I’m uneasy counseling a patient for mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 cancer susceptibility genes. Typically, she’ll have a “first degree relative&rdquo…
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post Mayonnaise TaxonomyRead more
I had a serious genetics topic all set to go today, but then something more timely and compelling arose. I began to…
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post Second Gene Causes RetinoblastomaRead more
In a list of famous genes, RB1 would probably be #1. It’s the tumor suppressor gene whose “loss of function” is behind…
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post Do Cats With FIV Foretell HIV’s Future?Read more
Since my January 24 blog “My Cat Has AIDS,” about my two feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)-positive cats, we’ve acquired a third, the handsome…
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post Personalized Medicine: Read the Chart!Read more
While we’re busy debating the pros and cons of clinical genome sequencing and tossing around buzzwords like “personalized” and “translational” medicine…
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post Rare Disease Day: What 5 Kids with Low Vision CAN DoRead more
In honor of Rare Disease Day, I caught up with some of the wonderful families I’ve met whose children have Leber congenital…
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post Do You Know Genetics?Read more
This week’s guest blog is from University of San Diego senior Courtney Chow. By Courtney Chow The field of genetics has made…
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post A Fruit Fly Love Story: The Making of a MutantRead more
For Valentine’s Day, here is a fly’s eye view of my PhD research on the mutation Antennapedia, which causes fruit flies to…
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post Genetic Testing: Carrier Confusion and Generation ReversalRead more
In the usual trajectory of passing on genetic information, the older tell the younger, when the time is right. Typically, a patient…