Weekly Twitter Roundup

Posted by Dan Vorhaus on October 23, 2009

Each week there are a number of stories and developments that, for one reason or another, don’t find their way into a full-length posting on the Genomics Law Report. Here’s a recap of what I was Tweeting this week @genomicslawyer:

“We need to work together to expand access to genetic testing” http://bit.ly/23NPFD (from Jack Lord of @Navigenics)
RT @nanopore: $250 million GE Healthcare fund highlighting importance of preventative medical technologies. Smart fund. http://bit.ly/bHnRv
RT @GenCounsNews: Interesting article about the availability of genetic testing in Israel, and the laws surrounding it: http://bit.ly/2Cg4SP
RT @lukejostins: Summing up the 1st day of #ASHG2009: Rare Variants, & the 1000 Genomes Project « Genetic Inference http://bit.ly/uSHum
Kaiser’s Massive Genetic Database Leverages Its Patient Population (But It’s A One Way Street): http://bit.ly/vOKK6
Real-time twitter coverage of #ASHG2009 from @girlscientist @nparmalee @dgmacarthur @lukejustoins and others. Now I wish I’d gone.
Cancer Society, in Shift, Has Concerns on Screenings: http://bit.ly/36yqlr (via NYTimes)
RT @EdwardWinstead: Genome Institute has a cool quiz to test your gene knowledge http://bit.ly/O4xMu via @gw_dailyscan
Technology Review covers Kaiser’s huge (100K -> 500K by 2013) genotype/phenotype database in CA: http://bit.ly/1mAwO2
Congrats to @wilbanks, named one of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World” http://bit.ly/SCLaX (HT @gw_dailyscan)
The Hidden Legal Barriers to Scientific Research: http://bit.ly/4kKbVn (from Thinh Nguyen of @ScienceCommons)
Disease-management trade group calls for moratorium on GINA regs; argues too restrictive for HRAs & wellness programs: http://bit.ly/2YbE2H
The Personal Genetics Education Project on the importance of high school education to the future of personal genomics: http://bit.ly/1aiIJ
Medical Records: Stored in the Cloud, Sold on the Open Market: http://bit.ly/1onDT7 (via @bobcoffield @RebeccaSkloot)
RT @lukejostins: Scientia Pro Publica is up! Paper v plastic, why being an astronaut sucks, & why women don’t do maths http://bit.ly/2ko1Cy
Biotech Patents under Attack from Two More Angles: http://bit.ly/12CQqN Looking at Bilski briefs and the SACGHS gene patent recs
Clinical exome sequencing used by Yale team to diagnose genetic defect in infant: http://bit.ly/ZvMCl (via @matthewherper & @AprilBrubach)
Potential increased health disparities related to genomic medicine http://bit.ly/40Zb46 from the National Society of Genetic Counselors
“Most genetic counseling is NOT done by geneticists. Perhaps it never will be, and probably it will not need to be.” Question lingers today
A fascinating read: RT @GenCounsNews: A look back: 1966 article on the role of public health in genetic counseling: http://bit.ly/4q9rlq
New York Times on de- and re-identified personal health information: “how private can electronic data ever be?” http://bit.ly/3YQ60X
RT @PHGFoundation: First human epigenome mapped http://bit.ly/4BxSom
The shifting balance of experiment & theory in genomics, and why this matters: http://bit.ly/K6tuc (from Bob Cook-Deegan)
RT @matthewherper Nicely done. @dgmacarthur calls conclusions of @23andme’s NFL gene study “fallacious.” http://bit.ly/uaQzs
Clearly not concerned by ACLU suit, SACGHS recs, Myriad inks exclusive license to pancreatic cancer gene patents: http://bit.ly/4G8E7o