For one geneticist, exploration of the human genome meant analyzing his own daughter’s DNA – at home. A recent Nature article features how Hugh Rienhoff, a geneticist turned biotech entrepreneur, took it upon himself to further investigate the cause of daughter Bea’s unique features. Author Brendan Maher notes that Bea has clinical features that were … Continue reading Taking it Personally: One Father’s Genetic Quest
Month: September 2013
Mayo’s Top Ten Reasons to Sequence Genomes
In a recently published top ten list, the Mayo Clinic highlights a few of the major medical advances since the mapping of the human genome. For example, did you know that some medications for lung and breast cancers are only effective in patients whose tumors are positive for a specific genetic mutation? Or that by … Continue reading Mayo’s Top Ten Reasons to Sequence Genomes
What does the falling genome cost mean to you?
With new, cheaper methods coming available to sequence genomic data there has never been a better time to invest in healthcare technology. How, after all, can we use this information to improve healthcare outcomes if we do not have the systems in place to analyze it? Andrew Litt, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Dell, said … Continue reading What does the falling genome cost mean to you?