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Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You

http://www.thegenesherpa.blogspot.com

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 punsihed 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.

Added on: Jun 5th, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Steven Murphy MD
Listed in: Medicine Science
Tags: medicine dna genetics personalized medicine genome pharmacogenomics

Recent Posts

You can\'t have it both way. Either scared your genome is sold off or not.

Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 20:11 in 23andme, navigenics, misha, genomeboy

I recently read a Times blog post by Mark Henderson because it was referenced by Dan Vorhaus on Twitter. I have to say, I am blown away by the cognitive dissonance here......entitled " The end of deCODE genetics: are you worried about who holds your ...
Hey DTC genomics, Stay Private, Stay Alive, Go Public and Die

Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 10:13 in decode, navigenics, 23 and me, decodeme

Today's lesson in start up business in the field of DTC Genomics is this.....Stay Private and Stay Alive. IPO and doom yourself to a painful and public death.Huh? Ah, yes our first DTC Genomics venture is going to be restructured to someone else and ...
Stop. Breathe. Repeat. An analysis of the direction of DTC Genomics Field.

Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 08:58

I have been railing the last few days so I want to take a step back and examine what exactly is happening in the DTC Genomics space. (By no means an exhaustive list)Navigenics-Partnering with a concierge medicine group of Internal Medicine physicians...
An argument 23andSerge can\'t win...23andme but not medicine

Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 14:27 in navigenics, 23 and me, decodeme

"As I had postulated before, in order to move towards a profitable direction the DTC companies would have to choose "Medically Relevant" or "Novelty Testing" From this recent email sent to me by a reader it is clear, 23andME is Choosing to become a c...
Congratulations Generation Health. Nice pick up!

Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 19:40 in caremark, medco, 2c19, generation health

Is it any surprise that insurance companies have no clue what the hell is going on with genetic testing? You see, there are a set of ICD9 codes that can mean 2C19 testing or hepatitis pcr........ The coding system doesn't allow the companies to ru...
Long QT Syndrome, location matters

Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 10:19 in 23andme, navigenics, flatley, illumina, complete genomics, incidentalome

I just saw a family who had Long QT with a KCNQ1 mutation ripping through them. Which is why I loved this email I received from one of my long time readers the day after I saw them.Closer Look at Genetic Testing in Long-QT syndromeOne of my favorite ...