Monthly Archives: November 2021

HGNC Newsletter Autumn 2021

Posted on November 26, 2021 by DWN

Some of you will be interested in the latest news in the Human Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) autumn issue ot their NewsLetter. DwN Autumn newsletter 2021 Newsletters · 26 Nov 2021 New links to GenCC We are pleased to announce … Continue reading →

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Masks Work to Prevent COVID-19

Posted on November 8, 2021 by DWN

Okay: Looks like “masks might help to some extent, and of course depending on the type of mask.” This article today from MedScape. Large Study Affirms What We Already Know: Masks Work to Prevent COVID-19 Brenda Goodman, MA September 03, … Continue reading →

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Time to sober up

Posted on November 8, 2021 by DWN

Finally, we have the analysis by a rational “applied economist.” More than 40 years of precise satellite-measured global atmospheric temperatures — have concluded that the “warming” is 0.14 deg.C per decade [which seems reasonable, given that the planet is just … Continue reading →

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Researchers discover a gene that doubles risk of death from COVID-19

Posted on November 4, 2021 by DWN

This should be of interest to some of you. As is often the case in Gene-Environment Interactions, patients having a particular allelic variant of their LZTFI gene, exhibit a different response to the incoming signal (i.e., SARS-CoV-2 virus) that causes … Continue reading →

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