The Drosophila melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel
Mackay, Richards et al., Nature
North Carolina State University's Trudy Mackay and her colleagues present the Drosophila melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel, "a community resource for analysis of population genomics and quantitative traits."
Cherry Picking Clauses
March 19, 2010
At Think Gene, Andrew Yates wonders how physicians are supposed use genetic information from tests, such as 23andMe's. He notes that 23andMe's terms of service agreement says that their tests are "for research and educational use only. …The services cannot be used for health ascertainment or disease purposes." In a follow-up post, he argues that "this contract is imposed by 23andMe to the public in bad faith because 23andMe actively promotes its users to violate this clause." For example, he says, one user tweeted that he shared his warfarin report with a cardiologist and the company replied to, and retweeted, that message, thus promoting the violation of that clause. Yates concludes that he is "supposed to 'ignore' that part of the contract."
We are in a period of very
We are in a period of very rapid technologically driven change and the legal system is not adapting as quickly. This is what generates these sort of discontinuities as the liability and regulatory atmosphere must be considered.
There is no problem in sharing any educational information you may acquire with any person you choose assuming they are willing.
I mentioned my 23andme results to my physician and he was curious as to what sort of information was gained.
Afterwards his professional opinion was to order some testing with respect to thyroid function and iron status.
I decided to try a gluten free approach. This is the way to look at the matter.
Now I am going to Twitter this, not having thought of this up to this point.