Posts Tagged ‘#personalgenomics’
Pistorius Will Be on South Africa’s Olympic Team
July 4, 2012DNA Chip Could Prevent Athletes’ Heart-Related Deaths
June 30, 2012http://www.scientificamerican.com/video.cfm?id=dna-chip-could-prevent-2012-06-28 DNA Chip Could Prevent Athletes’ Heart-Related Deaths
A microchip test that can detect hidden heart defects in professional athletes is set to go on sale this autumn. Designed by researchers at Lisbon Technical University, the test uncovers DNA mutations that cause thickening of the heart wall.
Fetal tests spur legal battle : Nature News & Comment
June 30, 2012The Predictive Capacity of Personal Genome Sequencing
April 8, 2012http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/health/research/dnas-power-to-predict-is-limited-study-finds.html?_r=2&hp
based on :
The Predictive Capacity of Personal Genome Sequencing
Nicholas J. Roberts,1* Joshua T. Vogelstein,2* Giovanni Parmigiani,3 Kenneth W. Kinzler,1 Bert
Vogelstein,1† Victor E. Velculescu1†
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Request for Comments on Issues of Privacy and Access With Regard to Human Genome Sequence Data | Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
April 7, 2012http://bioethics.gov/cms/node/676
QT:
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SUMMARY: The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is requesting public comment on the ethical issues raised by the ready availability of large-scale human genome sequence data, with regard to privacy and data access and the balancing of individual and societal interests.
DATES: To assure consideration, comments must be received by May 25, 2012. … The Commission is particularly interested in policies, practices, research, and perspectives on issues of privacy and data access as they relate to the integration of large-scale human genome sequencing into research and clinical care.
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PLoS Genetics: The Genetic Interpretation of Area under the ROC Curve in Genomic Profiling
April 1, 2012Stanford gene researchers see diabetes develop
March 17, 2012http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/15/BAMD1NKUNI.DTL
Nice quotes from other bay area personalgenomicists
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