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Reviews & Commentaries on Science & Technology

Genomes from metagenomics.
Itai Sharon and  Jillian F. Banfield Science 29 Nov 2013
A piece of my mind. EBM’s six dangerous words.
R. Scott Braithwaite, JAMA, November 27
Epistasis and quantitative traits: using model organisms to study gene–gene interactions
Mackay T Nature Reviews Genetics (2013) Dec 3
Building the science for a population health movement – IOM discussion paper by Nancy Adler, Dec 3
Increase in breast cancer gene screening: the Angelina Jolie effect, by Deborah Kotz, Boston.com, Dec 3
NIH Director’s Blog: Network news- gene discoveries for autism, by Dr. Francis Collins, Dec 3
The biggest genome sequencing projects: the uber-list! By Nick Loman, Pathogens: Genes and Genomes, Dec 3
£10 million competition for business to map rare cancer genes, Gov.UK, Dec 2
How DNA sequencing is changing medicine, Forbes, Dec 2
NIH deposits first batch of genomic data for Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers gain rapid access to first set of raw human genome sequence, Dec 2
HGP@10: The Human Genome Project a decade later, by John Russell, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, , Dec 1
Single-cell analysis: toward the clinic. Genome Medicine Collection (2013)
Why are more women having mastectomies, The Independent, Dec 1
Junking the idea of junk. A newly recognized class of genes really does matter, The Economist, Nov 30