This is pretty controversial in essence, if you have ever watched parent already getting pretty steamed up at baseball and soccer games, so next we could easily have some heated discussions on how long each child can play with parents feuding over who’s child has the best gene in the bunch and who would...
Dentists now are coming in to the fold of DNA genomics tests. This test is very specific to assess risk for periodontal disease, so as a younger patient, as chances are as we age if we are at risk we may already have this, this could be a good indicator for the dentist to have in the knowledge...
An interesting story on what a DNA report can reveal, in this case the woman has an X and a Y, instead of two Xs, like most females. It is somewhat rare but does exist with having internal testicles, and this produces extra high levels of estrogen, the the testosterone produced pretty much can't...
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on 08-11-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, DNA, healthcare, Biotech, Science, Pharmacogenomics, Biomed, Chromosomes
After all the recent news about the PSA test, here's a genomics answer. The MD Anderson Cancer Center, demonstrated a very high success rate for identifying the presence of Grade 3 or higher prostate cancer cells. The new prostate cancer test will be performed at Clarient's Clinical...
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on 08-07-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, personalized medicine, DNA, Genomics, Prostate Cancer, Pharmacogenomics, PSA, Cancer Test
The software offers both detailed, localized views of genomic data, and a whole genome view, in a format somewhat similar to the way Google presents items on the web. It is free to download and use. There are also some sample data files available. I like the idea of the heat map view...
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on 08-06-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, DNA, Genomics, Research, Pharmacogenomics, MIT, Biomed, Broad Institute, Harvard
This gives a whole new meaning to the old redneck slang term of “swapping spit”. One more way to market oneself through genetics and single life. One question comes to mind, can they do this in California and New York? Even though the web site states this is specifically for dating...
An executive of the company had his own DNA tested and the results were shocking and unexpected to say the least. Recently deCode Genetics spoke about working more with physicians in the education process of personalized medicine . The test ran by the company he works for showed that he...