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Reviews & Commentaries on Science & Technology

If I'm healthy, why should I have my genome sequenced? Mermaid’s Tale blog post, Aug 6
Don’t call it “junk DNA” anymore, GenNewsHighlights, Aug 5
NIH ‘superbug’ was thwarted with help of two scientists (an epidemiologist and a genomicist), Washington Post, Jul 31
Close encounters of the microbial kind, by Kathie Y. Sun, NHGRI, Jul 31
NIH News: Gene combinations help predict treatment success for alcoholism medication, NIH, Aug 2
Novelty in the target landscape of the pharmaceutical industry
Pankaj Agarwal et al. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Vol: 12, Pag: 575–576 (2013)
Validating therapeutic targets through human genetics
Robert M. Plenge et al. Nat Rev Drug Discovery, Jul 19
Barriers to the genomic revolution? By Dr Philippa Brice, PHG Foundation, Aug 1
Tumor-biomarker diagnostics- breaking a vicious cycle
Daniel F. Hayes et al. Sci Trans Med, Jul 31
A strong start for electronic health records in the United States, by Julia Adler-Milstein and Ashish K. Jha. Newsatjama,  Aug 2
Understanding the effects of genes on human traits, by  Mike Spear  Genomics Blog, Aug 1
Outsmart your genes: understanding BRCA1/2 risk, Dana Farber Slide Set, Jun 2013

Functional validation of genomic discoveries, Mass Genomics.
DNA methylation contributes to natural human variation.
Heyhn H et al. Genome Res. 2013 Aug 1.