Eye on DNA Links for 26 July 2007

by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Posted July 26, 2007 in DNA Around the World, Eye on DNA Headlines

• Kromosoft names Eye on DNA their favorite genetics blog in this week’s issue of KromoNews! I’ve been a subscriber to this free weekly human genetics newsletter for a few months and particularly like their genetics “term of the week.” Kromosoft is a research services company with the motto: “Promoting Genetics Awareness for a Healthier Society.”
• Brandon Keim of Wired Science has been churning out genetics post after genetics post from Jackson Labs in Bar Harbor, Maine for Press Week during the second week of the 48th Annual Short Course on Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics. Can’t believe it’s been 10 years since I attended the Short Course myself. Two weeks of intensive genetics in a beautiful setting. It was heaven!
• Thank you to CourtTV’s Informer and Traces: Following the mtDNA Trail for adding Eye on DNA to their blogrolls.
• Whenever I make a trip to central London, I’m reminded of how bad the air quality is there. (Moscow air pollution is no better according to a friend who recently moved there.) UCLA researchers have found that microscopic particles in diesel exhaust interact with cholesterol to activate more than 1,500 genes involved in atherosclerosis, a risk factor for heart disease.
• Congratulations to Uganda! The Government Analytical Laboratories in Wandegeya has the first PCR machine in the country. One of the main uses for the machine is expected to be paternity testing for $240, which is less than the $400 charged in Kenya and $600 in South Africa.

Tags: genetics, genes, dna, uganda, kenya, south africa, kromosoft

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