Somatic mosaicisms are post-conception changes to cellular DNA that lead to genetic variation among cells in an organism. These changes can account for variation among individuals’ health or disease progression. Therefore, an...more
The National Institutes of Health recently opened its data platform for user feedback of its “All of Us Researcher Workbench.” Researchers are now able to use the initial datasets obtained from nearly 350,000 participants in...more
President Obama’s “precision medicine initiative” earmarked over $200 million from his proposed 2016 budget to “bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes – and to give all of us access to the personalized...more
As reported in my July 8, 2013 post, Consumer Watchdog (formerly known as The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights) and the Public Patent Foundation (collectively “CW”) asked the Federal Circuit to determine if in...more
Earlier this year, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) issued recommendations and proposed best practices for genetic testing and screening of infants and...more
Two separate clinical initiatives were recently announced that support the therapeutic use of regenerative medicine. The first utilzing induced pluripotent stem cells and the second, a state-wide network in support of...more