The goalie for the United States World Cup soccer team, Tim Howard, is having quite the week – his heroics in the recent soccer game vs. Belgium are considered a […]
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Gene protects against dementia
Scientists have demonstrated that a protein called REST can protect the brain from the effects of dementia and may someday help treat Alzheimer’s patients. They found that, in mice, REST […]
What would you recommend? Genetic screening for a healthy adult or not?
The New England Journal of Medicine has created a case study about a healthy adult male who is considering genetic testing in light of several new revelations about his family […]
Questions persist about who pays for genetic testing
Julie Steenhusyens’s article, “As sequencing moves into clinical use, insurers balk,” examines the trend of some health insurers backing away from paying for certain types of genome sequencing, particularly when […]