Wired Science Blogs is delighted to welcome a new addition to our fleet of awesome: Daniel MacArthur of Genetic Future. A postdoctoral genomics researcher in the United Kingdom by day, science blogger by night, Dan writes about the fast-moving world of human genetics and the companies offering to sell you information about your own DNA. His goal on Genetic Future is "to provide readers with the knowledge and tools they need to gain access to their own genome, make sense of the information it contains, and use that information sensibly."
Dan has been blogging about the emerging direct-to-consumer genetic-testing industry for three years, previously at ScienceBlogs.com and currently on Genomes Unzipped. There he and other genetics experts write about developing new analysis programs using their own genomes, which are freely available online. Dan hopes his efforts will "provoke discussion about the benefits, risks and limitations of genetic information and the challenges of genetic privacy."
Wired Science Blogs is a network of independent science bloggers hosted on Wired Science. The addition of Genetic Future will bring the network total to seven blogs, including Clastic Detritus, Dot Physics, Frontal Cortex, Laelaps, Neuron Culture, and Superbug.
We hope you'll enjoy reading Genetic Future in its new home. Go stop over and say hello using the newly installed DISQUS commenting system, which makes it easier than ever to participate in our ongoing discussions.
Image: Circos, an information aesthetic for comparative genomics/Genome Research.
