Three small steps toward genomically sensible healthcare

Three small steps toward genomically sensible healthcare

Sailing a close reach, San Francisco Bay. (Image copyright Nathaniel Pearson) A talk at the Clinical Genome Conference resonated with some folks, who suggested sharing…

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Harmful by any other name: On clinical variant classification

Harmful by any other name: On clinical variant classification

In Phoenix this week, clinical geneticists have gathered at ACMG to catch up on health-relevant genomic findings and tools, and decide how to best put…

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The Shock of the New: What we can say about HeLa's novel variants

The Shock of the New: What we can say about HeLa’s novel variants

A human genome, remixed, and gone viral. In a nutshell, that’s the conditionally re-published genome of HeLa cells, which flourish in labs worldwide, but trace…

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Harmful by any other name: On clinical variant classification

Harmful by any other name: On clinical variant classification

In Phoenix this week, clinical geneticists have gathered at ACMG to catch up on health-relevant genomic findings and tools, and decide how to best put…

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Genodicy: sequencing, in pain but in vain, to understand violence

Genodicy: sequencing, in pain but in vain, to understand violence

Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Massachusetts (Image copyright Nathaniel Pearson) A journalist asked me last week to comment on reported plans to sequence — and ostensibly…

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