Human Genomics across the Lifespan ► Reviews, News and Commentaries

Genomics|Update|Non Communicable Diseases

Volume 35  Number 12  September 17-24, 2015

Reviews, News and Commentaries

Money matters: shaping the use of genomics in the NHS,  by Dr Gurdeep Sagoo, PHG Foundation, September 17, 2015

Undiagnosed Diseases Network launches online application portal,  NIH News, September 16, 2015

Who should decide? The complex ethics of pediatric genome sequencing, by Bruce Agnew, NHGRI, September 14, 2015

Screening all women for breast cancer genes not feasible: Study, Health Day, September 11, 2015

Why I'm sceptical about the idea of genetically inherited trauma, by Ewan Birney, the Guardian, September 11, 2015

Why you shouldn’t know too much about your own genes, by Carolyn Johnson, Washington Post, September 11, 2015

AGA recommends all patients with colorectal cancer get tested for Lynch syndrome, American Gastroenterological Association, September 10, 2015

CRISPR genome editing 'an important tool', BBC News, September 10, 2015

Pathway launches 'liquid biopsy' to find cancer in healthy people, by Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters, September 10, 2015

Secrets of longevity may lie in long-lived smokers, a ‘biologically distinct’ group with extraordinary gene variants, by Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post, September 10

Sifting DNA databases for the right diagnosis, by Michelle Cortez, Bloomberg, September 10, 2015

What is genome editing and how does it work?  By Kate Arkless Gray, Wellcome Trust Blog, September 10, 2015

What population genetic diversity can and can't tell us, by Anne Buchanan, Mermaid?s Tale, September 10, 2015

Human genetic diversity and social inequalities,  Genes to Genomes Blog, September 9, 2015

How privacy law affects medical and scientific research, by John Conley, Genomics Law Report, September 1, 2015