Weekly Twitter Roundup

Posted by Dan Vorhaus on March 12, 2010

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:

Me too! RT @blaine_5: I’m honored, thank you! RT @AccessDNA: Blogs we love: http://bit.ly/bXa218 @dgmacarthur @nsgc_org @alliejanson
Why the State of Personal Genomics is Not as Dire as You Think: http://bit.ly/dtqTes
RT @dgmacarthur: Wolfram Alpha has put together a new gene search tool: http://bit.ly/bqzyJt Very limited; colour me underwhelmed.
Collins, Lander Botstein to share Albany Medical Center Prize: http://bit.ly/dlIhrT
RT @dgmacarthur: Genetic Future post: Celebrity genomics without the Y chromosome: Glenn Close has her genome sequenced http://bit.ly/bF3DrJ
RT @dgmacarthur: Genetic Future post: Disease hunting with whole genome sequences: the good news, and the bad news: http://bit.ly/b7k7Bw
Update from @lindaavey on forthcoming (?) New York Times article and personal genomics: http://bit.ly/cdtxMG
re: NEJM & Science WGS papers released today, @ivanoransky has a nice column on the shifting embargo deadlines http://bit.ly/99QjcY
Whole-genome sequencing to trace disease genes. Good coverage from @bioitworld (http://bit.ly/9nBVcV) and @markgfh (http://bit.ly/9tch39)
Provocative article in PNAS on the role of free will in human behavior & the criminal justice system: http://bit.ly/cjmPeY (HT @neandrothal)
The Utah release is actually dated 3/9 RT @matthewherper: @ivanoransky @edwardwinstead @djsampson Genomics release is an embargo break.
RT @drjonboyg: @DukeIGSP @genomicslawyer Lee Rowen presented that data at Personal Genomes last year, elegant and fascinating story
“Researchers Sequence for First Time Genome of Entire Family” http://bit.ly/ckh4kC (Family of 4; seq via @CompleteGenomic; HT @DukeIGSP)
RT @nutrigenomics, @BioMedCentral, @GenomeBiology New tool for handling genotype & phenotype data published http://bit.ly/c7vUbz
RT @geneticalliance: Vote #raredisease in the 2010 Change.org Top Ideas Contest. Vote now through 3/12 http://bit.ly/96Xe6b
Excellent breakdown of whole-genome sequencing marketing segmentation in 2010: http://bit.ly/bXzVzl (HT @lukejostins)
RT @genetics_blog: Statistics for a changing world: Google Public Data Explorer in Labs http://bit.ly/cNOrS5
RT @ldtimmerman: Lee Hood’s Institute for Systems Biology pockets $6m gift from anonymous VC. http://bit.ly/cTtren
Q&A w/ Leroy Hood in @techreview: A Vision for Personalized Medicine & a teaser for the P4 Medical Institute: http://bit.ly/b4fNDx
RT @tgoetz: RT @cwhogg: WebMD launches WebMD Health Exchange, a social networking platform for its 60M users http://bit.ly/cPuOoW
RT @DukeIGSP: A cheaper and more sensitive DNA-based method to track cancer in blood. @nytimes http://nyti.ms/9QWJ47
Excellent discussion re: Faces of America, genetic ancestry testing & the “right not to know” over at Genetic Future: http://bit.ly/b75vBe
RT @dgmacarthur: RT @MishaAngrist: It’s alive: http://bit.ly/960jvq Still hard to imagine Kari Stefansson playing 2nd fiddle to anyone…
Patent disputes could trip up genome wide scans for disease http://bit.ly/az1gwU (HT @MishaAngrist) Wide range of perspectives from DTC
RT @lukejostins New blog post, in honor of International Women’s Day, on how science can hurt and help the cause http://bit.ly/97eLJm
RT @dgmacarthur On finding folks you know: 23andMe reveals some unexpected cousins http://bit.ly/dtvrTy
RT @DNAnetwork: The Pandora’s Box of DNA Identity from The Atlantic http://bit.ly/a6AaM8
RT @Scitable: Breast Cancer Patients Often Confused by Genomic Testing http://bit.ly/aHaNy6
Faces of America and Genetic Genealogy Testing from @blaine_5 http://bit.ly/axUdzI
This is one place where I might like to see Twitter verification… RT @bmahersciwriter: How is it that I’m the first follower of @goBGI !?
RT @AccessDNA: Myriad Genetics Misrepresents Data Says Yale Genetic Counseling Program: http://bit.ly/dncy3V
Reason for dropping Helicos from coverage? $HLCS faces “long-term competitive challenges” to technology & “near-term financing challenges”
$HLCS no longer competitive? Leerink Swann dropping coverage of Helicos Biosciences http://tr.im/QM3R (HT @patsycat21)
TGen, US Oncology & Life Tech. collaborating to sequence 14 genomes from breast cancer patients: http://bit.ly/9I0IZH (HT @ldtimmerman)
RT @FierceBiotech: The Pharmaceutical R&D Model is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It. http://is.gd/9Kzr2 (via Xconomy)
RT @dgmacarthur: Bullshit gene-based diet test gets free advertising via Reuters. News at 11. http://bit.ly/dzTQY6 /via @LIFECorporation
RT @matthewmarkus Try late 70s, pre-PC: “Personal Genome industry seems analogous to Internet just before the first browser in ’93″ G Church