PNB Genetics News & Research
The Hidden Efficacy of Interventions: Gene×Environment Experiments from a Differential Susceptibility Perspective
By Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg & Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Annual Review of Psychology
January 2015
Abstract
The efficacy of interventions might be underestimated or even go undetected as ... Read more »
The Tide Has Come In and The Line in The Sand Is Gone: Decision Time on Human Germline Engineering
By Laura Hercher
April 6, 2015
The DNA Exchange
For decades we have speculated about what it might mean to be able to change the genes ... Read more »
Overcoming challenges to meaningful informed consent for whole genome sequencing in pediatric cancer research
By Jennifer A. Oberg et al.
Pediatric Blood & Cancer
April 1, 2015
Abstract
Background
Introducing whole genome sequencing (WGS) into pediatric cancer research at diagnosis poses unique challenges ... Read more »
Study reveals how genetic changes lead to familial Alzheimer’s disease
National Institutes of Health
March 11, 2015
Mutations in the presenilin-1 gene are the most common cause of inherited, early-onset forms of Alzheimer’s disease. In a ... Read more »
Unregulated web marketing of genetic tests for personalized cancer care raises concerns in new study
Dana Farber Cancer Center
March 05, 2015
Websites that market personalized cancer care services often overemphasize their purported benefits and downplay their limitations, and many sites ... Read more »
Thought-Controlled Genes Could Someday Help Us Heal
By Simon Makin
Scientific American
February 12, 2015
People can control prosthetic limbs, computer programs and even remote-controlled helicopters with their mind, all by using brain-computer ... Read more »
Media debates and ‘ethical publicity’ on social sex selection through preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) technology in Australia
By: Andrea Whittaker
Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care
March 24, 2015
Abstract
This paper offers a critical discourse analysis of media ... Read more »
Unwarranted Optimism in Media Portrayals of Genetic Research on Addiction Overshadows Critical Ethical and Social Concerns
By: Jenny E. Ostergren, Molly J. Dingel, Jennifer B. McCormick & Barbara A. Koenig
Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives
March 25, 2015
Abstract
The cost of addiction ... Read more »
Ethics of genetic and biomarker test disclosures in neurodegenerative disease prevention trials.
By Scott Y.H. Kim, Jason Karlawish, Benjamin E. Berkman
Neurology
March 2015
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
Prevention trials for neurodegenerative diseases use genetic or other risk marker tests to select participants ... Read more »
Genetic Investigation of Autism-Related Social Communication Deficits
By Daniel B. Campbell
American Journal of Psychiatry
March 2015
Autism spectrum disorder includes a deficit in social communication as one of its underlying elements or endophenotypes. ... Read more »
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