Nutrigenomics is a word typically associated with shady companies trying to use genetic tests to sell you expensive diets - but GenomeWeb News reports that the area may finally be receiving some legitimate scientific attention:
The Salk Institute today said that it will use a $5.5 million grant
from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to create a
center to study nutritional genomics.The La Jolla, Calif.-based institute will use the funding to launch
the Salk Center for Nutritional Genomics, which will study the effects
of nutrition and genetic interactions on metabolism, the immune system,
cancer, and diabetes.
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One thing that happened this week that I didn’t get around to writing about is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jonas Salk, which was October 28.
Events
1753 - Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus,
While at The Salk last month for Beyond Belief 3, I also taped this episode of The Science Review for
John Hawks says:
So keep on coming by -- I guarantee there will be some very interesting stuff in the next two months.
Things that make you go hhhmmm....
www.nugo.org - began around 5 years ago. USA is playing catch-up