Genomics|Update|Non Communicable Diseases

Genomics|Update|Non Communicable Diseases

Volume 34  Number 29  May 21-28, 2015

Reviews, News and Commentaries

Nutrigenomics: A controversy
Pavlidis C Applied and Translational Genomics 2015 March

Precision medicine is here, break out your wallet
Hafez N Applied and Translational Genomics 2015 March

A vision for ubiquitous sequencing  [PDF 1.27 MB]
Yaniv Erlich bioRxiv 2015 May 7

Weighing the promises of big genomics, by David Dobbs, Buzz Feed, May 21

CRISPR battles on two fronts, by Rebecca Burbidge, PHG Foundation, May 20

Israel mulls setting up a population-scale genetic database, by Nick Paul Taylor, Fierce Biotech IT, May 19

Two women, two results: The agonizing wait for cancer gene tests, by Kate Snow, NBC News, May 19

CMS unveils draft LCD for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic tests, GEN News, May 18

Doctors, parents try to unravel SCN8A gene's role in epilepsy, by Michael Halpern, Scientific American Blog , May 18

Gene therapy for eye disease shows benefits and limitations, NIH Research Matters, May 18

Human ingenuity takes on cancer’s Darwinian ways, by George Johnson, New York Times, May 18

I love them, I love them not….. proposed revised Medicare guidelines for coverage of BRCA testing, by Robert Resta, The Exchange, May 17

David Sackett, the father of evidence-based medicine, dies at 80, by Julia Belluz, Vox, May 15

Rise of the superbugs? By Dr Laura Blackburn, PHG Foundation, May 15

U.S. introduces new DNA standard for ensuring accuracy of genetic tests, by Robert Pearmay, New York Times, May 14

Hidden errors: A watchdog report - Weak oversight allows lab failures to put patients at risk, by Ellen Gabler of the Journal Sentinel staff