Uncertainty in the Diagnosis: How Do You Want That Told to You?

The patient comes to me
Sick with symptoms and uncertainty
Is it bad; is it fatal, can I be cured?
She sits in front of me with that look
That look asks me to tell her the answers
“Sure” I think to myself
No uncertainty on my part to myself
And I guess no uncertainty is on my face
I say to her [...]

Mol. Biol. Cell Table of Contents for 15 March 2010; Vol. 21, No. 6

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The problem with Comparative Whole Genomics……

I have been having this debate with a good friend and mentor.

I think Complete Genome Comparison could be a Killer App.

He thinks it could be a legal and scientific nightmare.

I think he’s right.

Let’s really think about this for a second. If history has anything to say about human behavior we need look no further [...]

Microblogging @ #DR10

The Digital Researcher: Managing your networks and building your profile

A.J. Cann, Science of the Invisible

Nature 11 March 2010 Volume 464 Number 7286 pp141-316

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Ghosts

Peel eased the black Toyota Prius off the M11 and continued on across Essex. Thank God he didn’t have to make this journey regularly like in the old days, before he started doing his programme via ISDN from Peel Acres. Still, it had been fun to visit some of the old watering holes in London. [...]

Special price on 23andme Ancestry or Complete Edition autosomal DNA test

Mar 9, 2010
The Oprah Winfrey Show and a special promotion
We wanted to share some exciting news and alert you to a special promotion starting today.
Airing this afternoon, The Oprah Winfrey Show will feature celebrities discovering their family roots. The show will feature a segment about the PBS documentary, Faces of America, by Professor Henry Louis [...]

Cord Blood America Medical Director Sees Diabetes, Parkinson’s as Next for Umbilical Cord Blood Stem

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Cord Blood America Medical Director Sees Diabetes, Parkinson’s as Next for Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells

 

Cord Blood America’s New Medical Director Says Parkinson’s, Diabetes Among Diseases to be Treated With Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells

 

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LAS VEGAS, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cord Blood America, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBAI), the umbilical [...]

What a difference a year makes

It has been one year since I commented on 23andMe’s foray into clinical medicine. I was frankly blown away that such a move would be so blatant without integration of health care practitioners.

I also was blown away that Myriad wouldn’t sue the ever living bejesus out of 23andMe. A year later, no lawsuit. I [...]

I say Pub, you say Quiz

After dinner at the CFB Reps Forum last September, Peter Klappa gave us a practical demonstration of how pub quizzes can be used in an educational context. In spite of the hangover next day, I decided that this was still a good idea and that I wanted to try it out on one of [...]

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