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Do you know that your genetic information is a protected health information (PHI)?
Are you interested in testing your genes for any reason? If you followed my blog you would know that there are some good reasons to do it and how to go about getting it done. Now you decided to get tested, before you take the last step you need to consider implications of the test…
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Are we looking at one side of a coin with genetic tests?
Genetic testing becomes a very common practice among the consumers. We can have our genetic makeup determined by various tests, starting at $99 and going up to $5000 or more per test. The quality of the tests varies, and information delivered is different. What can we find out from the test: a carrier status test for selected…
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Diagnostic tools for 21st Century – what tools to use?
What tools do we have? The molecular diagnostic tools underwent a major revolution in the last two decades. That said some of the old favorites did not go completely away, we still use some of them; RFLPs, Southern blots or SSCPs just to mention a few. Why some of the methods do not go away completely…
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Finding mutations in human genes – why and how?
Why do we need to find mutations in human genes? A question that is not hard to answer. For a long time mutations have been associated with genetic diseases. Knowing what change in the genome underlies a disease can help us treat the disease if possible, it also allows us to screen other family or…
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Giant leap of genetics into the modern era.
Many years ago I was walking between the shelves in the library trying to pick a book to read and found this book called “The Double Helix”. At that time I had no idea what that can be about or who is James Watson. This book was fabulous story about the process of scientific discovery,…
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Making sense of your genome