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Medco Acquires DNA Direct: A Great Step for Personalized Medicine by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics I am so excited to announce that today, February 2 2010, DNA Direct is now an integral part of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and it feels like I have found a kindred s ... Read on »

The Latest: Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics Tina in Arizona asked us by email: “What does the latest news on genetic testing for breast cancer mean for me and my daughter? Two years ago, I had the test for breast ... Read on »

How Will You Celebrate National DNA Day? by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics April 25 is National DNA Day. A day to celebrate the completion of the Human Genome Project — and the discovery of DNA just 53 years ago . National DNA Day is a good ex ... Read on »

The Importance of Family History by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics Your genes are like family heirlooms: They get passed on from generation to generation. Everyone’s heard the phrase “it runs in the family,” but not everyone has considere ... Read on »

Welcome to DNA Direct Talk! by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics Welcome to our blog about genetics, health and medicine. Here you can find news and commentary on the latest genetic discoveries. You’ll also find nuts-and-bolts informati ... Read on »

Not All Genetic Tests Are on TV by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics At a baby shower this weekend, I had one of my two regular party conversations. Someone says, “Genetic testing? Cool! Do you do all that CSI stuff?” No, I don’t wield b ... Read on »

Last Chromosome Is Sequenced by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics Hot off the press! Scientists just announced the sequencing of the final chromosome in the human genome is complete. This is big news. The sequencing took 150 researchers ... Read on »

Breast Cancer Treatments: Discoveries & Debates by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics Thank you, Gina Kolata, for continuing to explain both the science and the personal dilemmas of breast cancer treatment research. Increasingly, oncologists and research ... Read on »

Breast Cancer: The Prevention Drugs by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics As someone with a strong pattern of hereditary breast/ovarian cancer in my family, it’s safe to say that I follow breast cancer news closely. Last month, there was big new ... Read on »

Genetic Risk for Prostate Cancer Identified by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics Scientists have discovered that a common genetic variant appears to increase the risk of prostate cancer in men who carry it. Specifically, it appears to confer a 60% grea ... Read on »

May is CF Awareness Month by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics Why be aware of cystic fibrosis? As many as 1 in 25 people in the US is a CF carrier. And that’s a pretty high carrier rate for a condition that most people don’t know abo ... Read on »

A Dance of DNA by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics The more I learn about DNA — and as you can imagine, it’s a big part of my job — the more it intrigues and inspires me. I marvel at how this complicated, precise structure ... Read on »

TechNation Talks About Genetic Testing by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics Recently, Ryan Phelan (DNA Direct’s founder and CEO) talked with Dr. Moira Gunn on NPR’s TechNation about home-kit genetic testing, the question of genetic discrimination, ... Read on »

All Gene Discoveries Are Not Equal by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics When newspapers announce that a gene has been discovered for a certain disease — such as the recent findings of genes involved in chronic fatigue syndrome, schizophrenia, ... Read on »

Ancestry Testing, Part Two by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics In an article entitled “Missing Links” (WSJ), Donald Moffitt explores how DNA testing has become the new trend in genealogy. He writes: “DNA Testing has the hottest t ... Read on »

Genes Identified for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that researchers have identified clusters of genes that appear to be involved in the development of Chro ... Read on »

Genetic Test Can Predict Drug Side Effects by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics There’s a dramatic piece in the Washington Post today about how genetic testing can predict whether a person will process certain medications, or experience side effects. ... Read on »

“Can You Scan My DNA?” by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics People are often asking our company if they can buy a test that will “scan my genes for everything.” No, not yet, but perhaps soon. Today’s Wall Street Journal has a cover ... Read on »

Seeking Ancestry Through DNA by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics The advent and increasing popularity of ancestry testing raises complicated issues about how we conceive of ethnicity, and what it means to claim it — Is ethnicity genetic ... Read on »

Sisters, There’s Something You Can Do! by Lisa E. L. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Genetics The NIH is looking for sisters of women who’ve had breast cancer. Why? For one of the first long-term studies to look at how genes and environmental factors — homes, workp ... Read on »

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