The Society's Newsletter is published three times per year (February, June and November), and is distributed to all members. It provides a way for members to keep in touch with what's happening in the various clinical and research establishments around the UK.

Current Issue: February 2002 (No.20)

In this issue:    The recent conference at the Dept of Health 'Genetics and Health - a Decade of Opportunity'  is reported.
                            A history of the AGNC by Mary Weetman makes for fascinating reading
                            News of the recent merger between ICRF and CRC - how will this effect cancer genetics?
                            and finally...a tripartite obituary for Gerald Corney from 3 former students.

Deadline for contributions to the next  issue: Monday 13th May 2002

Previous issue: November 2001 (No.19)

In this issue:    Report on the BSHG Annual Conference 2001
                        An open letter on consistency (or lack thereof) in cancer genetics practices
                        Reflections on the ups and downs of research by Christine Patch (who refers to a useful book - 'How to get a PhD')
                        Ian Frayling reports a meeting discussing the proposed development of national reference labs)
                        The CGG discusses the current confusion over BRCA testing and a study to look at clinical effects of BRCA mutations.

Previous issue: June 2001 (No.18)

In this issue:     DNA 'Black Holes' - where do those samples go?
                          More on Alan Milburn's speech on Genetics
                          Technical tips on chromosome preps from neonatal blood samples
                           Report of the AGNC conference in Birmingham, and the CGS AGM in London

                        and, at last...The Cancer Genetics Group (CGG) present their first news and views column.

Previous issue: February 2001 (No.17)

In this issue: Discovering false paternity: To tell or not to tell - by Amanda Berry
                     Joint Medical Genetics Committee - report of latest meeting
                      Graham Taylor take a look at the Linux operating system
                      AGNC announces it's new e-mail group
                      Sue Huson reports on the recent Genetics and Insurance meeting (and provides a clinical picture quiz)
                      Lord Genome provides an amusing guide to laboratory management (at least, I hope he isn't serious!)

                      and finally... for those wondering how to encourage CF children to take their enzyme capsules - The Creon Game

Previous Issue: November 2000 (No.16)

In this issue: GM Frenzy: A lesson in communication -by Bernard Dixon
                      Synopsis of ENMC consensus on recurrence risk and PD of mitochondrial diseases
                      Website corner (to be called Arachnodactyly??) - suggested links include www.bioethics.net ,     
                                                Prof. Robin Winter's Dysmorphology Discussion Board, and BioNews.
                       Inauguration of The Pathology Alliance.
                       Implications of the Human Rights Act for Human Genetics
                       Molecular biology tests and inborn errors of metabolism
                       A non-too-flattering picture of this site's beloved webmaster (!)

                                                                                ...and much more.

Contributions for the Newsletter

Contributions (concise, relevant, well-written) are always welcome, as well as suggestions for longer articles. Please email or post your material (on floppy disk) to one of the following: