Now THAT is personal genomics

Those interested in the coming personal genomics world should check out Amy Harmon’s article in the New York Times. Harmon discusses her own foray into getting sampled herself – a personal story on personal genomics. Oh – so ripe for word play. For a good discussion of the paper and some of the related issues see Matthew Herper’s blog here.

I personally think the whole field has rushed a wee bit ahead of the science (which reminds me to point out – if you are looking for a new career, I think genetic/genomic counselor is going to be one of the hottest jobs of the future). But nevertheless, I plan to get tested, so I must not think the science is that off.

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Author: Jonathan Eisen

I am an evolutionary biologist and a Professor at U. C. Davis. (see my lab site here). My research focuses on the origin of novelty (how new processes and functions originate). To study this I focus on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis

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  2. The good news is that there are barriers (price mostly) so it’s not going to become a universal phenomenon. But the “little knowledge is worse than none at all” part does worry me

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