I met Cynthia in a van from the airport, headed to the annual meeting of familytreedna, where I was to speak about genetic testing. A beautiful blonde who looked decades younger than her 60 years, she’d led a painful life, with type 1 diabetes since childhood, just like her father, brother, Read More
Genetic Linkage
GeneticsWatch
May 17, 2010
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direct-to-consumer genetic testing, ancestry testing, Walgreen's, DNA, American Society of Human Genetics, bioethics
3 Comments
Comments
May 17, 2010 9:58 AM EDT
Fascinating, compelling, literate! Looking forward to further blogging, and to your new books.
- Jim Comly
May 21, 2010 8:50 PM EDT
You've got me hooked. Looking forward to more entries.
- Wendy Josephs
May 23, 2010 10:55 AM EDT
Curious.....one would think to go to a personal Genetics Counselor or family physician first, instead of relying on companies such as deCODE Genetics, 23andme, Myriad, etc. Aah...such is the irony of life. I also would like to know if you are going to cover the proceedings of the BRCA Lawsuit against Myriad?
Anyway, continue the good work. I will be following closely.
- Connor "Raptor" M. Lewis