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For all the talk about genetic testing, it’s easy to forget that most people in the majority of countries around the world don’t have access to even the most basic tests. GENDIA hopes to change this by improving the “accessibility, cost-effectiveness and quality of genetic diagnostics on a global scale.” Today, I have the […]
One of the aims of the Genetics and Health interview series is to present different viewpoints on genetics. And today’s interview with Rebecca Taylor of Mary Meets Dolly is definitely a little different than most of what you’ll encounter. Typically, science blogs are written by atheists or people who don’t have a strong religious […]
UCLA researchers have found that the short form of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) increases a person’s risk of depression but its influence is modulated by family environment.
Among children from supportive, nurturing families, those with the short form of the serotonin transporter gene (known as 5-HTTLPR) had a significantly reduced risk for depression
Among children from […]
British singer Javine Hylton tested positive for the bowel (colorectal) cancer gene (I’m assuming it’s HNPCC) when she was 17. Her grandmother and her uncle died of colon cancer in their 40’s and her mother was also affected. In a promotion for Jeans for Genes Day, she said:
The more awareness and money that […]
Grace at Flu Patrol and I were talking about the new Archon X PRIZE for Genomics: $10 million for technology that can map 100 human genomes in 10 days. And they’re not afraid of harnessing the power of celebrity and wealth to publicize the project.
…another $1 million if the team can decode the genomes of […]
Genetics and Health has spent about a year here under the umbrella of b5media. It’s been a truly fabulous year spent obsessing over studying genetics and the implications for our lives now and in the future. In the next year, I hope we’ll be able to kick it up a notch to improve your […]
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 […]
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