September 10, 2010

Genome Wide Association Studies

Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but as far I understand it, genome wide association studies look for single polymorphisms that are correlated with disease, and do not currently have much power to detect combinations of polymorphisms.

I predict that combinations of polymorphisms will explain a large part of the link between genotype and health.  New algorithms to do this mike incorporate additional information linking genes and loci to increase power.

September 1, 2010

Podcasts worth listening to

Here is a list of the podcasts that I listen to.

Savage Love
This American Life
The Moth Podcast
WNYC's Radiolab
Common Sense with Dan Carlin
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
The New Yorker Fiction Podcast