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Personal genetic testing gets hilarious before it gets real
Before I even had a chance to write about personal genomics companies 23andMe, Navigenics, and deCODEme, Forbes reports that the California Health Department is looking to shut them down: This week,...
View ArticlePaternalism at the state level and the definition of “advice”
Following up on an earlier post, The New York Times jumps in with more about California (and New York before it) shutting down personal genomics companies, including this curious definition of advice:...
View ArticleHide the bipolar data, here comes bioinformatics!
I was fascinated a few weeks ago to receive this email from the Genome-announce list at UCSC: Last week the National Institutes of Health (NIH) modified their policy for posting and accessing...
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F* Everything, We’re Doing 44 Vertebrates
From an announcement email sent this week by the folks behind the UCSC Genome Browser project: We are pleased to announce the release of a new Conservation track based on the human (hg18) assembly....
View ArticleFlu headed to the dustbin of disease history?
And is disease history stored in a dustbin, for that matter? Researchers at Dana-Farber may have found influenza’s weak spot, which could lead to a vaccine: Yearly vaccination is currently needed...
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Our gattaca future begins with our sports heroes
The New York Times this morning documents Major League Baseball’s use of DNA tests to verify the age of baseball prospects: Dozens of Latin American prospects in recent years have been caught...
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