ErrantWritings
Arguments with myself: 23andMe
Hi… Hello! Is this going to get confusing? Nah, I think people will understand. So why are we subjecting people to this? This week I read about the personal genome service ‘23andMe‘ being asked to “immediately discontinue” marketing of its genetic screening service, by the American FDA (Food and Drug Read more…
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BRCA1 185delAG (Fido)
Last week when I announced the birth of my daughter, I mentioned that she had been pre-screened for the BRCA1 mutation 185delAG which would have conferred a 60% lifetime risk of breast cancer. For those not particularly up on finer workings of cancer genetics, I thought that might warrant a Read more…