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Put on your party hats! Genetics and Health is throwing a party for its first birthday!
To celebrate, I’ll be giving away a
$10 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE
All you have to do is leave a relevant comment at Genetics and Health sometime between now and 6 a.m. (GMT+0) Monday, May 1, 2006.
You can either leave a comment in this post giving me some feedback about the blog, something you think is interesting about genetics, or maybe a burning question you have. Or, you can leave a relevant comment at any one of the posts I make this week.
I’ll choose one winner randomly from all the eligible comments received.
I would love to hear from you and thank you personally for coming by. I feel very grateful to have the opportunity to talk about genetics and health every day. Hope you have found it worthwhile as well.
Let the fun begin!
Update: Thanks to everyone for participating. We have a winner!
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1720 days ago
[...] Gene Expression (GNXP), is celebrating its fourth birthday this week. When I first got started a year ago, GNXP was one of the first to welcome me on their blogroll. For that, I’ll forever be grateful [...]
2148 days ago
[...] One of the first genetics blogs, Gene Expression (GNXP), is celebrating its fourth birthday this week. When I first got started a year ago, GNXP was one of the first to welcome me on their blogroll. For that, I’ll forever be grateful and one of its founders, Razib, will be featured in a genetics interview soon. [...]
2206 days ago
[...] The Genetics and Health first anniversary contest is over and the winner of the $10 Amazon gift certificate is [...]
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supply chain forum: Thanks for the comment! I don’t have any problems with people talking politics but I’m glad you also think blogging about health is also interesting and important. :)
Encouraging conversation in the health area is a great goal. I prefer this than just talking politics.
Allyson: Thanks for your comment and for adding Genetics and Health to LJ feeds. I used to be an avid LJer too and appreciate the community spirit there. :)
Added Genetics and Health as (Genetics_Health) to Live Journals Syndicated Feed.
Happy B’day!
2211 days ago
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L’el: Thanks for the question! There is some evidence that uterine environment does have an epigenetic effect on the genes of offspring.
You may be interested in these posts:
Mother’s Diet Influences Gene Function in Offspring
Uterine Genes Affect Embryo Survival
And, the reverse is true as well:
Fetus’s Genes Influence Pregnant Mother’s Cholesterol Levels
Actually, I have a genetics question that’s been in the back of my mind for a while: what is known about the effect of maternal regulation of gene expression during pregnancy? Is this something that would create a measurable difference in traits of children who were adopted versus those raised by mothers who used donor eggs but carried to term themselves?
Paul: Thank you, Paul! I can’t remember which blog we met at originally but I’m glad you visit Genetics and Health too. :)
Congratulations, Hsien, I wish Genetics and Health and you happy blogging in the next year!
2212 days ago
[...] Good thing Emma Tonkin at Genomics Policy, a University of Glamorgan weblog, is on top of things. From her I found out that today is National DNA Day! Sponsored by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), it’s perfect timing because this week, I happen to be celebrating Genetics and Health’s first birthday. [...]
Deb: Thanks!! Without this blog, I would have never met you so I’m really grateful. BTW, if you ask some people, I bet they’d say biology and genetics were soft sciences too! :)
NPs Save Lives: Thank you!! I would emphasize to your patients that the data are still very preliminary but, hopefully, someday it will be possible to suss out the different subtypes of CFS and develop specific treatments.
For more info, see my post: Genetic Basis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Gloria: Thanks for the link, Gloria.
i just found out about chemical genetics…i think this a very interesting field in genetics that has a lot of medical applications. I bumped into one article that i blogged about here:
http://www.thepharmvoice.com/2006/04/new_strategy_in_chemical_genet.html
Happy Anniversary! What do you think of the possible genetic link to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?? It’s such a hard process to deal with.. Would love to have some expert advice to give my future patients!!
Wishing you a Happy Blogbirthday.
I am always inspired by your blog, your writing and how you are able to make genetics so easy for me to grasp. Now if I only had you as my professor years ago, I might have gone into the hard sciences!!
Continued Success!!!!!!!
Jenmcd: Hi!!! Thanks for leaving a comment. It means a lot to me that this blog is better than some stinky class in college. :D
SP: Thank you so much! It has definitely been way more fun than I could have ever imagined.
Christina: Thank you!!! Couldn’t have made it this far without you.
Congrats, Hsien – here’s to another great year coming up! Cheers!