Tag Archives: genetic testing

Crowd-sourcing my reading list

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Adam Van Arsdale

I am finalizing a new course for this upcoming semester that is focused on personal genomics. The class aims to simultaneously address two questions: What can personal genomic data tell us? What do we do with that information? The course … Continue reading →

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Purity is not a genetic reality

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Nature has a news story out which highlights the truly frightening dark-side of human genetics research: Hungary’s Medical Research Council (ETT), which advises the government on health policy, has asked public prosecutors to investigate a genetic-diagnostic company that certified that … Continue reading →

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Genetic testing and the health care “time bomb”

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Ezra Klein, writing in his blog for the Washington Post, draws attention to the most recent story in the New York Times about the increasingly low cost of comprehensive genetic screening. Klein predicts that in the absence of an individual … Continue reading →

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