Great @carlzimmer article on #mosaicism. However, its scale is much less than natural or cancer variation http://nyti.ms/15ymYlJ MT @darnelr
Might have been worth mentioning that the amount of somatic variation in healthy cells appears to be considerably less than the variation between people or between a tumor and normal genome.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/17/science/dna-double-take.html
Stuart Kim’s #Personalgenomics class @Stanford: The college class that could reveal your real father
http://www.salon.com/2013/09/14/the_college_class_that_could_reveal_your_real_father via @lindaavey
JASON’s report on personal genomics
The #Sports Gene Considers… Athletic Success: Nature v nurture in the stadium & #genetics class
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/13/science/the-sports-gene-considers-the-root-of-athletic-success.html MT @CoachWonk
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Sequel – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/opinion/sunday/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-the-sequel.html
NIH makes privacy agreement with Henrietta Lacks’ family
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2013/08/07/henrietta-lacks-nih/2627923
Blood ties : Nature News & Comment
http://www.nature.com/news/blood-ties-1.13513
A Family Consents to a Medical Gift, 62 Years Later – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/science/after-decades-of-research-henrietta-lacks-family-is-asked-for-consent.html
Deal done over HeLa cell line
http://www.nature.com/news/deal-done-over-hela-cell-line-1.13511
Two foci for Genomics England are cancer and rare, inherited diseases – not neuro, cardio, &c.
https://twitter.com/timjph/status/353047985808084993
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6a1f001e-e48a-11e2-a74d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Y840CSnr