I’d like to introduce a new group blog, called Genomes Unzipped.
Genomes Unzipped is written by a number of major genetics bloggers, including Daniel MacArthur of Genetic Future, Dan Vorhaus of Genomics Law Report, Caroline Wright of the PHG Foundation, and Jan Aerts of Saaien Tist, as well as a number of other geneticists who are new to blogging. And me, of course.
The really exciting thing about this blog is the diversity of people who are working on it. We have people from a range of fields, including science, law and public health, who hold a range of opinions. Some of us are very gung-ho about direct-to-consumer genetics, and enthusiastic about the benefits, while others are sceptical, and more in favour of regulation. While we’ve been putting together the blog, we’ve had many meetings between contributors, and with outside advisers (such as ethicists), and I have already learned so much before anything has been published. So, needless to say, I am pretty excited about the whole project.
The current blog is in the beta stage at the moment; this is because what you see now is not yet the finished version. Soon, the project will expand in scope; stay tuned for more announcements.
