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Genomics|Update|Non Communicable Diseases

Volume 33  Number 25  December 18 - January 8, 2015

Reviews, News and Commentaries

A beleaguered family — 12 in 4 generations diagnosed with cancer, so far, by Doug Robinson, Deseret News, Dec 27

Researchers examine supercentenarians' genomes for longevity key, by Brooke Wolford, National Human Genome Research Institute, December 2014 

Patients’ expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening, and tests:  A systematic review.
Tammy C. Hoffmann,  JAMA Internal Medicine, December 22, 2014

NIH Research Matters 2014 research highlights include several genomic stories, December 22, 2014

Commercial DNA testing may cause harm, scientific studies show (if you read through to the study limitations at the end), by Cecile Janssenns, Huffington Post, Dec 22

NHS Genomic Medicine Centres announced for 100,000 Genomes Project, Genomics UK,  Dec 22

First NHS Genomic Medicine Centres announced, by Dr Philippa Brice, Dec 22

Personalized medicine: Where are we now, what comes next? By Susan Rafizadeh, SAP Business News, December 2014

Top ten genetics stories for 2014: Incredible achievements (don’t come cheap) by Laura Hercher, DNA Exchange, Dec 19

What happens after you get that mammogram, by N. Shute, NPR News, Dec 17

 A family's long search for Fragile X drug finds frustration, hope, by Jon Hamilton, NPR News, Dec 22

Survivorship bias and genetics, by Ken Weiss , Mermaid  Tale Blog Post, Dec 19

Omics and the bioeconomy. Applications of genomics hold great potential for a future bio‐based economy and sustainable development.
Gerardo Jiménez‐Sánchez et al. EMBO Press, December 2014

Programme for genetic diagnosis of rare diseases proves feasible for routine clinical practice
BMJ 2014;349:g7781

Getting to know you, by Anna Middleton, Sanger Institute, Dec 17

Genetic counsellors and genomic counselling, by Anna Middleton, Genomethics, Dec 17

Geneticists begin tests of an internet for DNA, by Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review, Dec 17

How exercise changes our DNA, by Gretchen Reynolds,  New York Times, Dec 17

4 Rays of hope for 'precision' cancer therapies, by DJ Cornwall, Huffington Post, Dec 16

Genome sequencing: Exploring the diagnostic promise, by Dr. Francis Collins, NIH, Dec 16

What rare disorder is hiding in your DNA? By Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, Dec 16

Genomics & the psychology of the rare disease 'diagnostic odyssey', by Yoni Maisel, CVID, Primary Immune and Rare Diseases Blog, Dec 16

ALS Association announces research funds to further understand genetic cause of ALS, Medical News Today, Dec 14

The new BRCA1/2 landscape, by Jane de Lartigue, Onc Live, Dec 13

NIH funds centers to investigate genetic, other risk factors for sudden death in epilepsy, Genome Web, Dec 12 [by free subscription only]

Don’t homogenize health care, by S Jauhar, New York Times, Dec 10

Have a health history heart to heart, the Cleveland Clinic, Dec 10

The real cost of sequencing in 2014, by James Hadfield, BiteSize Bio, Dec 5

By studying how genes and nutrients interact, scientists are looking for ways to use DNA-based diets as a prescription to improve health and prevent disease, by Kendall K. Morgan, Genome Magazine, December 2014

Citizen scientists unite, by Heather Millar, Genome Mag, Nov 24