The GWAS hoax....or was it a hoax? Is it a hoax?

A long time ago, in 2000, in Nature Genetics , Joe Terwilliger and I critiqued the idea then being pushed by the powers-that-be, that the g...

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If it talks like a duck, and has a beak like a duck....is it a duck?

They say if it talks like a duck and walks like a duck, then you have to conclude it's a duck. That's a snide way of saying that yo...

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The mind boggles

Schizophrenia is one of those important human traits that has eluded understanding despite heavy research investment. It is elusively varia...

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The cystic fibrosis gene 20 years later

There's a Genetics "News Focus" piece in today's Science magazine called "The Promise of a Cure: 20 Years and Countin...

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