Mount Sinai's Genomic Training for Doctors Gets Personal
Genomic sequencing is making a slow, steady creep into the clinic, but few physicians have the know-how to put it into everyday practice. read more
View ArticleWhole-Genome Sequencing Era Debuts at Genetics Industry Meeting
The annual meeting of the American Society for Human Genetics, which brings together population geneticists, clinical geneticists, technology providers, and basic researchers, is something of a...
View ArticlePresidential Commission: Without Privacy Rules, Genomic Progress May Be Slowed
Privacy is one of the chief concerns arising from advances in whole-genome sequencing. Many say that to realize the tremendous potential of this technology in the clinic, it is critical that research...
View ArticleScientists Detect Cancer By Sequencing DNA in Blood
A new noninvasive test using whole-genome sequencing of blood plasma is said to be able to detect DNA changes that signal the existence of cancer tumors. The test does not require a tumor biopsy or...
View ArticleNew Single-Cell Sequencing Method Pinpoints Mutations With Unprecedented...
A Harvard research team has demonstrated a new method that extends whole-genome sequencing to the level of individual cells and molecules. In two papers published today in Science, the Xie Group...
View ArticleGenomic Information Wants to Be Free, Says Randy Scott at PMWC
We’re moving from a world of genetic scarcity to one of genetic abundance, said InVitae CEO Randy Scott at the 2013 Personalized Medicine World Conference in Mountain View, Calif., on Wednesday. It's a...
View ArticleHow Genomics Is Changing Clinical Outcomes: Q&A with Heidi Rehm
Heidi Rehm has been using disease-targeted gene panels to diagnose patients in her clinical molecular genetics practice for a decade. Having adopted next-generation sequencing approaches two years ago,...
View ArticleThe Future of Genomic Medicine: Q&A With Eric Topol
Eric Topol, chief academic officer of Scripps Health and professor of genomics at the Scripps Research Institute, is the host of this week's Future of Genomic Medicine Conference.read more
View ArticleBioinformaticians Share Their Own DNA in Personal Genomics Textbook
When bioinformaticians Joel Dudley and Konrad Karczewski set out to write a new text on genomics, they took the task personally. Their book, Exploring Personal Genomics, is an introduction to the...
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