Reviews, News & Commentaries

Genomics|Update|Current

Reviews, News & Commentaries

Science-ready — enabling public health research during disasters, by Paula Whitacre, NIEHS Environmental Factor, July 2014

The hunt for a new human reference genome, by Aaron Krol, BIoIT World, Jun 30

NIH Research Matters:  Molecular insights into a target for multidrug resistance, NIH, Jun 30

NIH Research Matters: Rare mutations reduce heart disease risk, NIH, Jun 30

UK project to sequence 1,500 genomes in search of genes involved in ALS, Genome Web, Jun 30 [by free subscription only]

Why genomic medicine needs bioinformaticians? PHG Foundation, Jun 30

Defining the role of the bioinformatician, by Sobia Raza, PHG Foundation, Jun 2014 

The critical need for computational intelligence in human genetics, Jason Moore, Computing Reviews (2013)

Liberating data to transform health care:  New York’s open data experience 
Erika G. Martin, et al. JAMA, June 25, 2014

What is genome sequencing and could it possibly change your life?  by Greg Hurst / KHOU 11 News, Jun 27

Genetic studies in isolated populations: Greenland, by Dan Koboldt, Massgenomics Blog,  Jun 27

A CRISPR way to fix faulty genes, NPR, Jun 26

ATCC, CDC, Life Tech Partner to bring HIV genotyping kit to resource-poor countries,Genome Web, Jun 26  [by free subscription only]

The triumph of genomic medicine is just beginning, by Vivek Wadhwa, Digital Health Living, Jun 24