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When Should We All Have Our Genomes Sequenced?

a crowd of people with DNA in the foreground

Recently, George Church, a prominent genomics researcher and leader of the Personal Genome Project asked why so few people are opting to inspect their genome. The cost and accuracy of genome sequencing have certainly improved dramatically. He clearly sees the health benefits of whole genome sequencing. He states “we should avoid being judgmental of people Read More >

October 31, 2013 by Muin J Khoury, Director, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention2 Comments

genomics, personal genomics, personalized medicine, screening, whole genome sequence

genetic testing, genetics, genomics, personal genomics

Public Health Genomics in Action: Reducing Morbidity and Mortality from Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Discussion Panel at the Familial Hypercholesterolemia Summit

In September, 2013, I participated in the International Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) Summit in Annapolis, Maryland. The event was sponsored by the FH Foundation, a patient-centered organization formed in 2011 to raise awareness about the condition and to develop actions for saving lives of patients and families with FH. The meeting brought together, from the US Read More >

October 31, 2013 by Muin J Khoury, Director, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

genomics, public health

familial hypercholesterolemia, genetics, genomics, public health