Aug
31
2008
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, more work is needed before this research can provide information of value to individuals. For that [...]
Tags: B-cells, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CLL, Nature Genetics, SNP, SNPwatch
Aug
25
2008
Just about every week a new genome-wide association study links common variations in the genome to some disease. But only rarely do the authors of these studies have more than a guess of why these SNPs are associated with a particular condition.
On Sunday in the online edition of Nature Genetics, researchers presented results that [...]
Tags: Crohn's disease, deletion, IRGM, Nature Genetics
Jul
27
2008
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, more work is needed before this research can provide information of value to individuals. For that [...]
Tags: creey-crawly, motor neuron, Nature Genetics, PTPRD, restless legs syndrome, SNP, SNPwatch
Jun
30
2008
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, more work is needed before this research can provide information of value to individuals. For that [...]
Tags: Crohn's, inflammatory bowel disease, Nature Genetics, SNP, SNPwatch, Wellcome Trust
Jun
01
2008
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, more work is needed before this research can provide information of value to individuals. For that [...]
Tags: breast cancer, chemotherapy, Nature Genetics, SNP, SNPwatch
May
27
2008
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, more work is needed before this research can provide information of value to individuals. For that [...]
Tags: alcohol, cancer, Nature Genetics, SNP, SNPwatch
Jan
29
2008
An editorial in the February issue of Nature Genetics makes a number of excellent points about the potential that personal genomics services such as 23andMe have to directly engage the public in research, not just as subjects but as collaborators.
23andMe was founded in part to harness the natural curiosity that results when people can see [...]
Tags: 23andMe, genetic, genetics, genome, genomic, Nature, Nature Genetics