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Knowing more about your risk of type 2 diabetes is just a keyboard click away at DNA Direct. Together with deCODE diagnostics, DNA Direct is now offering deCODE T2, a genetic test that examines the presence of the “T” allele of SNP rs7903146, located within the transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene. Almost twice as […]
Biotech start-ups utilizing genetic information are nothing new. Could 23andMe be unique? Yesterday, I received a nice email from their recruiting manager, Oliver Ryan. As luck would have it, I’m vacationing in the San Francisco Bay Area and hope to swing a meeting with some 23andMe folks next week, including Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey. […]
DNA is being collected from birth. In Minnesota, blood samples are collected from all newborns unless parents specifically request an exemption. But, these samples cannot be used for research or any other reason not related to disease testing unless the parents sign consent forms.
Genetic privacy advocates think that no blood samples should be taken at […]
Earlier this week, the National Sleep Foundation reported that more than half of American women are suffering from sleep deprivation. These women are too tired to have a good work and personal life and are completely stressed out. (I’m sure many of us can identify!) And if they also happen to have the long version […]
Perfect timing yet again. Kim at Emergiblog is here today. She and I were both included in FOXNews.com’s best health blogs list. But unlike me, she got 30 comments congratulating her! That should tell you what a great person Kim is but this interview should convince you further.
1. A couple of months […]
Bioethics frustrates me. As much as I’d like to have a firm opinion on genetics issues, I find myself waffling more often than not. I understand both sides and while I know what I would do personally, I don’t have the confidence to tell others what to do. (Surprised?)
Fortunately, there are others who spend their […]
A new paper in Nature Reviews Genetics, entitled “Genetic Medicines: Treatment Strategies for Hereditary Disorders,” discusses potential genetic therapy for inherited diseases caused by a defect in one gene. (Not multifactorial diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, that are caused by a complex interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors.)
Genetic therapy techhniques discussed:
Gene transfer using […]
This will be the last time I mention my full-disclosure meme for medical and health bloggers. (For a while at least.) But I’ve got to share one more related tidbit.
Dutch blogging e-zine, about:blank, picked up the idea on Tuesday. Fellow health blogger, Christina Jones, got an online translation for me:
Medical web-unwieldly that […]
Derek at In the Pipeline is hosting this week’s Grand Rounds 2.12. The entries run the full gamut of healthcare concerns from the clinical to the technological. Thanks to Dimitriy of the Medical Blog Network for submitting an entry featuring the ethics meme I started for medical and health bloggers.
Tags: genetics, grand_rounds, health, […]
Thanks to Darren Rowse at ProBlogger, the full disclosure “meme” that I tried to introduce early in the life of Genetics and Health is finally catching on. Not only is it a fun way to know more about the motivations of medical and health bloggers, it should also help us gain confidence in them […]
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