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Controversy around Havasupai Indian genetic study more myth than fact

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The story that researchers were testing a Native American tribe's DNA without consent is too good to ignore. Even if ...

Teen with an ‘infantile’ version of a neurological genetic disease

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The following is an excerpt. This week’s post is about a teen who has an “infantile” variety of a neurological ...
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New guidelines on testing kids’ DNA

When and how should parents have their children genetically tested? Ricki Lewis gives a Cliff’s Notes version of the new ...
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Bacteria or virus? Your genes can reveal what ails you

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What's giving you the sniffles? Is it a virus or bacteria? Your genes may offer an easy way to check: ...

Adam Lanza’s DNA could be compared to forensic databases

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Days after the Newtown shootings of December 14, 2012, headlines trumpeted the state medical examiner’s request of University of Connecticut geneticists to ...
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XYY men and genetic determinism

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PLoS Blogs (blog)XYY MenPLoS Blogs (blog)This week's New England Journal of Medicine has four articles about the new precision in ...

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing is here to stay

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Geneticist Ricki Lewis says direct-to-consumer genetic testing is here to stay, addresses fears and realities around this new development in ...
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Why I don’t want to know my genome sequence

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PLoS Blogs (blog)Why I Don't Want to Know My Genome SequencePLoS Blogs (blog)The quest to know ourselves by our DNA ...