Reviews, News and Commentaries

Colorectal cancer, epigenetics, venous thrombosis & more hot topics in today's CDC Genomics & Health Impact Update

Volume 34  Number 10  March 12-19, 2015

Reviews, News and Commentaries

Genetics and epigenetics of eating disorders
Yilmaz Z, et al. Advances in Genomics and Genetics 2015 Mar 10

NIH researchers develop database on healthy immune system, NIH, Mar 12

Study reveals how genetic changes lead to familial Alzheimer's disease, NIH News, Mar 11

Genomes project produces first diagnoses of rare diseases, the Guardian, Mar 10

House call: Genetic testing can boost health awareness, by Dr. Alisa Hideg, The Spokesman-Review, Mar 10

Most Canadians want return of significant genomic incidental findings, by Dr. Philippa Brice, PHG Foundation, Mar 10

Privacy and the 100,000 Genome Project, by Edward Hockings and Lewis Coyne, the Guardian, Mar 10

Smartphones set for large-scale health studies, by Helen Shen, Nature News, Mar 10

Human epigenome map yields insights into development, disease, NIH Research Matters, Mar 9

UMHS to expand guidelines for genetic counseling, by Isobel Futter, The Michigan Daily, Mar 9

NIH Director talked about President Obama’s ‘Precision Medicine’ program at the future of genomic medicine conference, Empire State Tribune, Mar 7

The time is now to go all in on ‘moonshot’ medicine, by Unity Stoakes, Techcrunch, Mar 7

Genetic testing ads not telling the whole story, study says, by Sabriya Rice, Modern Healthcare, Mar 6

Genomic medicine needs a long-term tack, by Bradley J. Fikes, U-T San Diego, Mat 6

Personalised prevention and public health: an urgent agenda, by Dr Hilary Burton and Dr Ron Zimmern, PHG Foundation, Mar 6

The feel-good gene, By Richard A. Friedman, the New York Times, Mar 6

BCBS Michigan, UMHS collaborate on improving genetic testing practices, Genome Web, Mar 5 [by free subscription only]

Dare to be 100: 30 billion gene folly, by Walter M. Bortz II, The Huffingtom Blog, Mar 5

Pregnant women are finding out they have cancer from a genetic test of their babies, by Virginia Hughes, Buzz Feed News, Mar 5

What to do with a million (billion) genomes? Share them, by Dawn Field, Outblog, Mar 5

$1-million price tag set for Glybera gene therapy, Tradesecrets, Nature.com, Mar 3

Chromosome biology: You’ve come a long way, baby, PLOS Blogs, Feb 24

Genetically speaking, Reach MD