The GenomeWeb crew have been doing a great job of covering the Biology of Genomes conference - for more detail on the 1000 Genomes Project presentation see here (or here if you happen to have a subscription to In Sequence), and for a review of the panel discussion on genetic privacy (which I missed) see here.
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