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

Genomics|Update|Non Communicable Diseases

Volume 35  Number 4  July 23-30, 2015

Reviews, News and Commentaries

Younger adults with Alzheimer's are key to drug search, by John Hamilton, NPR, Jul 23

Genetics study points toward eyedrop treatment for cataracts, by Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times, Jul 22

US tailored-medicine project aims for ethnic balance, by Sara Reardon, Nature News, Jul 21

Big tech has your email and photos. Now it’s on a quest to own your DNA, by Daniela Hernandez, The Huffington Post, Jul 20

Clinical interpretation in genetic variation: when is a variant a mutation? Genomics Education Programme, Jul 20

Doctors challenge Vertex over high price of cystic fibrosis drug, by Robert Weisman, Boston Globe, Jul 20

The information within ourselves, Forbes, Jul 20

From lab bench to hospital bedside, faster, by Bradley J. Fikes, The San Diego Union Tribune, Jul 19

No good deed goes unpunished, The Economist, Jul 18

Stem cell hope for mitochondrial disease sufferers, by Rebecca Burbidge, PHG Foundation, Jul 17

Variation in the prevalence of familial hypercholesterolemia around the world, by Lena Mathews, American College of Cardiology, Jul 17

The UK’s plan to sequence 100,000 human genomes, by Victoria Turk, Motherboard, Jul 17

How to succeed at clinical genome sequencing, by Dan Koboldt, Mass Genomics, Jul 16

What comes next for direct-to-consumer genetics? By Aaron Krol, Bio IT World, Jul 16

Why you should share your genetic profile, by David Haussler, San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 16

Precision medicine can change health care – if we overcome silo thinking, by Enakshi Singh, diginomica, Jul 15