First of all, I’d like to welcome you all to the 12th installment of the Gene Genie. I’m delighted to host this edition of this great carnival!
I’ve picked a dozen or so interesting posts recently submitted. I hope you can enjoy them as much as I have!

PIÈCE DE (VIRUS) RESISTANCE

First up we have a great post from Cath Dunn from VWXTNot? that focuses on a couple of papers related to virus evolution and also mechanisms of host resistance to HIV. Great summaries and a great blog!

Keeping with HIV, Hsien Lei over at Eye on DNA wrote up a nice post focused on HIV-Resistance genes and how researchers can study the way HIV dodges the immune system in future vaccine development.

“JIMMY LEGS”

Dr. Deb and her “Jimmy Legs” are another hot topic where researchers have discovered what may well be the cause of Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS). My friend Steve Murphy over at Gene Sherpa has his run-down on RLS and the research that was undergone.

THE FIRST TEN

Among the first ten elements to participate in the promising Personal Genome Project we can find Esther Dyson. Her participation and the low-down regarding the PGP can be found over at The Genetic Genealogist

Jason from The Personal Genome called my attention to this great comment made by Willy Lensch regarding these “First 10″

“Who knows how long it will take for personal genomes to become useful, but one thing is for certain, someday it will be said that it all started with the genomes of ten volunteers.”

Still at The Personal Genome, Jason is shocked by the lack of tools or a user interface for human genomes, but suggests a neat recipe.

Oh! And if you are wondering about the implications and related issues regarding the sequencing of your genome, BrainBlogger has a nice post on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and the threat of genetic discrimination.

SNPs AND WEB 2.0

Gene Genie founder himself, Berci from ScienceRoll presents us with yet another cool site based on the wiki system called SNPedia. The Gene Sherpa also has a nice review of this ever growing database of SNPs (Single nucleotide polymorphisms).

THE GENETICS OF AUTISM

Bioephemera has a great post on the subject of autism that starts off with an amusing comic strip (quite funny!). AutismVox also has a quick look into genetic “accidents” and autism.

BACK TO BASIC

Sometimes we get so caught up in our genomes and such that we forget to remember or even learn about the story of DNA. I really recommend this post series by Prof. Larry Moran at Sandwalk.

FINAL NOTES

I’m sad to say that I’ve been very very busy these last weeks and was unable to write anything worth including in this round of Gene Genie but will be contributing to this carnival with a neat logo that I’ll be working on with Berci over the next week of so. Stay tuned!

Also, this edition of Gene Genie comes a couple hours late for my European readers (it’s past midnight here in Portugal!). My apologies.

The next edition of Gene Genie will be on 12 August 2007 at The Genetic Genealogist.

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