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Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been testing out a new search engine for health and medicine called Medstory. It’s considered “intelligent” because it uses artificial intelligence algorithms to find and organize search results.
Medstory is definitely a different beast than Google. If you do a search on stomach cancer, for example, you get […]
One of my first contacts with medical professionals outside of my own medical care was back when I was in elementary school. We were doing a letter-writing module where we were to write a “business” letter to a professional and ask some sort of question. I chose to write to a primary care physician asking […]
The sport of cycling has been rife with doping controversies and now, the UCI ProTour council wants to require DNA testing on ProTour cyclists as well. I’m not sure what they’re planning since I can’t find any details on the proposal, but gene doping in sports has been discussed before.
After another tainted season, the UCI-ProTour […]
If I were giving career advice to my son (who’s only four-years-old by the way), I would tell him to consider going into informatics. And if I were really pushy, I’d suggest bioinformatics. With computing power increasing exponentially and the internet offering up overwhelming amounts of information, we need people who can figure out […]
HoneySweet plums genetically engineered to resist the plum pox virus are slated to become deregulated by USDA-APHIS after which growers wil be allowed to cross breed the plums with other varieties.
From the USDA Agricultural Research Service:
Are the added genes in the fruit? Will I be eating foreign genes?
The new DNA is in the fruit. But […]
If genetic enhancement were freely available and many disease genes identified and understood, how many people would choose to go for it? Not everyone and not PinkFluffySlippers at Cello, Et Cetera:
If I could do some DNA surgery on myself and remove the bipolar genes, I probably wouldn’t want to do it, as I […]
Writing Genetics and Health over the past year-and-a-half has been a rewarding experience partly because I’ve come into contact with so many incredible people. Professor Gaia Bernstein of Seton Hall Law School is one such person. We originally met while discussing genetic discrimination between our two blogs (she used to guest blog at PrawfsBlawg). […]
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A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to meet Lisa Lee, Director of Content at DNA Direct, which offers at-home clinical DNA testing for conditions such as hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. An experienced health communicator, Lisa’s background shows that commercial companies aren’t just out to make a buck. Many (and I […]
A study of 104,268 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 240 participants in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) has revealed 51 clusters of genetic variations that are associated with alcohol addiction. The chromosomal locations highlighted involve genes or areas near genes that play a role in cell signaling, gene regulation, and […]
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