Genomics|Update|Non Communicable Diseases: Reviews, News and Commentaries

Genomics|Update|Non Communicable Diseases

Volume 34  Number 2  January 15-22, 2015

Reviews, News and Commentaries

Exceptional opportunities in medical science: A view from the National Institutes of Health
Francis S. Collins, JAMA January 13, 2015

Methods of integrating data to uncover genotype–phenotype interactions.
Marylyn D. Ritchie et al. Nature Reviews Genetics, January 13, 2015

Rethinking barriers to big data
Tim Lougheed CMAJ January 6, 2015 vol. 187 no. 1

Scientific discovery and the future of medicine
Phil B. Fontanarosa and Howard Bauchner JAMA, January 13, 2015

Blood test for smokers could show best way to quit, by Rebecca Burbidge, Jan 15

Big opportunities exist for cancer research and treatment, but challenges lie ahead, by Ralf Huss, GEN News, Jan 13

Genomics as a game-changer in public health, by Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash, PHG Foundation, Jan 13

2015: Another year of sequencing evolution (not revolution)? Omics! Omics! Jan 12

23andMe teams with big pharma to find treatments hidden in our DNA, Wired, Jan 12

AMP, CAP, IASLC plan revisions to lung cancer molecular testing guidelines, Genome Web, Jan 12 [by free subscription only]

Skeptic’s guide to debunking claims about telomeres in the scientific and pseudoscientific literature by James Coyne, Science-based Medicine Blog, Jan 11

DNA, it turns out, is a lot more loopy, National Public Radio, Jan 10

Big data analytics research projects target cancer, genomics, by Jennifer Bresnick, HealthIT Analytics, Jan 9

DNAdigest interviews Free the Data – Part 1, by Margarita Kolchagova, DNA Digest, Jan 7

Cancer genomics: from big data to clinical practice, Biome Blog Post, Jan 5

Big data not a cure-all in medicine, National Public Radio, Jan 5

Does fat run in families? BBC, Jan 2015