Whole Genome Sequencing for All?

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Whole Genome Sequencing for All?

• Whole genome sequencing and you,  Mount Sinai School of Medicine Video (2012) 
• Should we sequence everyone's genome? No.
  Frances Flinter BMJ 2013;346:f3132
• Should we sequence everyone's genome? Yes.
  John Burn  BMJ 2013;346:f3133
• Commentary: We screen newborns, don't we? Realizing the promise of public health genomics. James P. Evans et al. Genetics in Medicine, Mar 7
• Genomic screening for improved public health  [PDF 333.56 KB] ACMG, Mar 7
• A proposal to assess feasibility of genomic screening to detect preventable rare diseases in healthy people.  Science Daily, Mar 7
• CDC paper: How can polygenic inheritance be used in population screening for common diseases?
  Muin J. Khoury et al. Genetics in Medicine, 2013
• CDC blog post: Deploying the whole genome sequence into clinical and public health practice: one base pair at a time