Google and autism advocacy and research organization Autism Speaks have announced a partnership to collect and analyze the DNA of 10,000 people with autism. From the article in the Wall […]
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Reparations in North Carolina for victims of forced sterilization
North Carolina is in the final stages of preparing to pay 10 million dollars in reparations to people who were victims of their state-sponsored sterilization program. The deadline to file […]
How can genome sequencing save a life? A new technique emerges to rapidly diagno...
“In a First, Test of DNA Finds Root of Illness” by Carl Zimmer in the New York Times tells the amazing story of 14 year old Joshua Osborne. Suffering from […]
On the cutting edge – May headlines in personal genetics
The field of personal genetics is in the news almost on a daily basis. pgEd is beginning a new series called “on the cutting edge” to give you links to […]