Reviews and Commentaries on Science & Technology

The Office of Public Health Genomics (OPHG) provides updated and credible information on how genomic
information and family health history can improve health and influence policy and practice. We highlight
news and information on the use of genomic tests and other applications, including family health history,
in clinical and public health practice and programs, along with relevant data, policy, and legislation. We hope the update is informative  to practitioners, policy makers, consumers, and researchers. Please send
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Reviews and Commentaries on Science & Technology

• Establish good genomic practice to guide medicine forward
  Richard W Barker et al. Nature Medicine. May 7
• News from the front in war on cancer--Mission not accomplished -genetic sequencing has dumped a mountain of data into researchers' laps, but it hasn't yielded a silver bullet to cure cancer, by Marissa Fessenden, Scientific American, May 2 
• DNA testing chip delivers results in one hour, paves way for personalized drug treatments, by Don Kennedy and Ryo Osuga, DIGINFO TV, Apr 4
• Prognostic models: Rising to the challenge.
  Nicola McCarthy Nature Reviews Cancer, 3 May 2013
• Gene expression: Colorectal cancer classifications.
  Darren J. Burgess Nature Reviews Cancer, 3 May 2013
• “Relax: It is good for your genes” by Maia Szalavitz, Time, May 3
• Pattern recognition in bioinformatics.
  de Ridder D, de Ridder J, Reinders MJ. Brief Bioinform. 2013 Apr 4 
• New cost-effective genome assembly process, Science Daily, May 5
• Nothing about us without us: guidelines for genetic testing.
  Terry SF, Bonhomme N. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2013 May;17(5):357-8.
  
• Telomeres affect gene expression-as telomeres shorten with age, genes as far as 1,000 kilobases away could be affected, including one responsible for an inherited muscle disease. By Ed Yong,  The Scientist, May 5