The Personal Genome (2)
On 04 March 2008 I wrote a post about the personal genome. In the days since that post, I have expanded my reading about this topic, and I have found two blogs that cover personal genomes/personalized medicine very well.
The first is Gene Sherpas, a blog by Steve Murphy, M.D., about “personalized medicine and you.”
To usher in the new paradigm of personalized medicine we will need to travel a perilous path. Much like the route through the Himalayas it has punished the naive and self-reliant. That is why I have dedicated my life to being a Gene Sherpa. What is a gene sherpa? The Sherpa speaks the language of the trail, he/she knows short cuts and dangerous paths to avoid. This blog is for those wishing to take the journey and those wishing to become Gene Sherpas. Interested? Email me…
Dr. Murphy also writes:
I am the founder of a Personalized Medicine practice (likely the first private practice of its kind). In addition I am the Clinical Genetics Fellow at Yale University until 2010. Now not under contract and that’s why I am posting and running my practice. I also am developing a modern medical genetics curriculum for residents and other physicians. On this blog I am educating the public and hopefully some physicians about the field of genetics and personalized medicine.
The Gene Sherpas blog contains many informative and provocative posts, including a recent post about twin studies and how identical twins aren’t actually so identical when DNA methylation and copy number variation are taken into account.
From Gene Sherpas, I learned about Misha Angrist’s GenomeBoy blog. Dr. Angrist earned a Ph.D. in Genetics at Case Western Reserve University, and he now writes about personal genomics. Dr. Angrist writes:
I work as the Science Editor for the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (although this site and its content are my own). In 2007 I became the fourth subject in Harvard geneticist George Church’s Personal Genome Project. As the PGP moves forward, I am chronicling the dawn of personal genomics, that is, people obtaining their genomic information for whatever reason(s) and figuring out what to do with it. I am interested in the relevant technologies and especially the attendant privacy and other ethical/legal/social issues.
Dr. Angrist posts frequently about his participation in the Personal Genome Project and about the rapid technological advances that will make personal genomes easy to obtain in the near future.
March 17 2008 10:15 pm | Biology
One Response to “The Personal Genome (2)”
Steven Murphy MD on 18 Mar 2008 at 5:24 pm #
Hello and welcome to the “valley of the real”I hope you enjoy our blogs.
Take Care
-Steve
http://www.thegenesherpa.blogspot.com