First published on MedCityNews.com. Now that the $1,000 genome has arrived, the healthcare industry has wasted no time putting the mass amount…
I continue to be amazed by the magical thinking that is swirling around electronic medical records. On one level, I completely understand it. A…
Jacquie Scarlett, Wellpepper Director of Customer Experience, and I were some of the last people to get full genomic testing using the…
Scientists Recode Entire Genome of Organism: The Dawn of Synthetic Biology?
By Susan Scutti
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Like editors trying to improve a poorly-written book, a team of scientists deleted some ‘letters,’ and inserted others, working feverishly to recode…
GenePeeks, a New York Start-Up, has partnered with a sperm bank in Manhattan, the Manhattan Cryobank, and will test the virtual progeny…
Spit Happens! Genentech and 23andMe Team Up to Advance Genomic Testing in Clinical Trials
By John Nosta
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(Editor’s Note: John Nosta writes for Forbes under the heading, “Health Critical”) Has genomic testing come of age? (Editor’s Note: John Nosta…
(Editor’s Note: John Nosta writes for Forbes under the heading “Health Critical”) First off, I have no “genome” in this race. I’m…
(First published in MedCityNews) (First published in MedCityNews) Talk about wow. Reports out of Britain this week suggest that it could soon…
The Human Genome Project was a really big deal, identifying the genes that make up our body. And quantum leaps in computing…