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Showing posts with label direct to consumer genetic testing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label direct to consumer genetic testing. Show all posts
Monday, March 12, 2012

CMAJ: Who should hold the keys to your DNA?

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Editor’s note: Third of a multipart series on genetic testing. Part 1: Separating hype...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

New Survey Gauges Opinions on What to Do With Genetic Information - ABC News + link to survey

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media report -  ABC News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ link to the website/questionnaire: GenomeEthics:   Questionnaire: Why sho...
Friday, January 13, 2012

abstract: Incidence and predictors of positive and negative effects of BRCA1/2 genetic testing on familial relationships: a 3-year follow-up study

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"....Reporting positive relationship effects was associated with older age, intolerance for uncertainty, cancer-specific distress, and...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Medscape: Most Parents Disclose Cancer Gene Results to Children

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1) Medscape link   January 10, 2012 — The majority of parents who are tested for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes share those results with their ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

Systematic Immunohistochemistry Screening for Lynch Syndrome in Early Age-of-Onset Colorectal Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgical Resection

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This strategy identifies a substantial number of LS patients who would have been missed if genetic testing was based on the Amsterdam II C...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Platinum sensitivity-related germline polymorphism discovered via a cell-based approach and analysis of its association with outcome in ovarian cancer patients (rs1649942)

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Tuesday, February 01, 2011

full free access: Effect of Direct-to-Consumer Genomewide Profiling to Assess Disease Risk — NEJM

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Monday, October 11, 2010

A Do-It-Yourself Genomic Challenge to Myriad, the FDA and the Future of Genetic Tests (long)

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Friday, September 17, 2010

Aetna Funds BRCA Gene Test Study (Florida) GenomeWeb

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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

abstract: Effect of genome-wide association studies, direct-to-consumer genetic testing, and high-speed sequencing technologies on predictive genetic counselling for cancer risk : The Lancet Oncology

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

dna dilemma (series of articles) - Newsweek

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Note : series (5) of media articles on genetic testing
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Gene-Testing Companies May Need U.S. Regulators Review, FDA Letters Say - Bloomberg

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Friday, July 16, 2010

The Big Flap About Pathway Genomics and Walgreen's: Topol on Genomics

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A few weeks ago, Pathway Genomics, a consumer genomics company, had planned to have its saliva kits at all US Walgreen's drug stores. T...