Hat tip to the Business Ethics blog for letting us know about a new research study on personal genomics, privacy and consent currently underway being conducted online from researchers at at University of British Columbia, Saint Mary's University, & Ryerson University. Called a "deliberative" survey, the study differs from the... (read the rest)
posted September 14, 2009
In the last week, I've read two news items that have resulted in my asking the question, "Is the era of personalized medicine really here? It would seem as though it is still a long way off--as we do not hear from physicians or anyone else for that matter that... (read the rest)
posted December 2, 2008
The American College of Preventive Medicine has announced via MarketWatch that it will be producing a new CME program to help physicians understand genetic information in the coming era of personalized medicine. The funds for this project called "Genetic Risk, Screening, and Intervention", come from an "unrestricted grant" from Navigenetics.... (read the rest)
posted November 5, 2008
Announced today in the NYT, Harvard Medical School unveiled the first 10 participants in their Personal Genome Project. Ranging from entrepreneurs to academics to healthcare execs, the goal of the project is to raise awareness about the possibility of personal genomes for everyone. However, the project's lead researcher and participant... (read the rest)
posted October 20, 2008
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