Eye on DNA Links – June 21, 2007
by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Posted June 21, 2007 in Eye on DNA Headlines
Greg Laden hosts Tangled Bank #82 with a bumper crop of posts related to genetics.- Blaine explores genetic genealogy and the Amish, a population that has helped researchers identify many rare genetic mutations and diseases.
- Matt at Londonist visited the Wellcome Collection of medicine and science, which features a robot from the Human Genome Project and a complete transcript of the genome.
- Professor James Watson promoted the use of DNA sequencing at the opening of the Wellcome Collection.
- The Tucson Citizen opposes the creation of a DNA database in Arizona to store DNA data on criminals. They’re worried about privacy, insurance coverage, and civil rights violations.
Tags: genetics, genome, genomics, genes, dna, james watson, amish, dna database, arizona, health, wellcome collection, medicine

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For some reason those &%^$&ers at the Wellcome didn’t send me a press invite to the launch…I was sure I was on their list, maybe they thought I’d be too scathing of the layout or something. I wouldn’t have been…honest.
db
Well, damn. Next time you get invited to something like this can you bring me along as a guest?