Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You

23andMe has agreed to comply with the laws of the country in which they operate. Congratulations. "At this time, we have suspended our health-related genetic tests to comply with the U.S. Fo...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2013/12/23andme-grows-up-works-to-obtain-510k.html

Like I said .  They Blew Off Laws Ignored Age Old Research Protocols, like an IRB I was made fun of..... They Played nice with the FDA Then Blew Them Off Advertised on TV And really e...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2013/11/23andme-received-fda-crl-response.html

(Sergey and Anne, divorced now) I have not posted in forever. Before I used to post on novel efforts for Personalized Medicine I thought would be promising. Some of those are coming closer...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2013/10/23andme-gattaca-children-patents-google.html

Has anyone seen this cool idea ? Coriell Institute is spinning off a very cool idea.  Coriell and IBM will be collaborating to store patient genomes for cloud based analysis.  While it is...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2013/02/coriell-spinoff-allows-biobanking-of.html

Ok. I just put this here because I like Andrew Dice Clay. Here's my take. Let's look at what happened in 2012 and my predictions. Here's what I said 1. In regards to DTC Genetics, the FDA won...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2012/12/2013-what-predictions-eh-sherpa.html

From August 24 2007 (5 years ago) Just wanted to give a shout out to David Hamilton from Venture Beat  who wrote about Navigenics  a while ago. To me whether 23andMe has a competitor o...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2012/08/5-years-later-navigenics-fulfills-my.html

In case you have been wondering where the Sherpa has been. Have a read. I have been following the DTCG and FDA closely and it appears, my theory and logic is correct! 23andSerge has decided to...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2012/07/23andme-proves-sherpa-right-and-kisses.html

I have decided to write an update to what the Sherpa is Up To. Why? Well, after 5 years of hard work, Lee Gutkind is about to publish a work of creative nonfiction . I am one of the main charac...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2012/05/whats-sherpa-up-to.html

When driving of flying with the kids, I hear "Are we there yet?" It has to be one of the most annoying things these little angels do. I had a wonderful patient. A fantastic friend. He was diagno...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2012/03/personalized-medicine-aml-and.html

Has anyone followed the literature on these companies that offer personalized genetic testing to customize oncologic treatments? In a recent study published in the NEJM  a thought that has launc...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2012/03/personalized-oncology-congratulation.html

After having many discussions about this. First one in 2007 with Matt Tindall and others with a host of people, you know who you are! I am even more convinced as we are a "GIVE ME MY DAMN BIOM...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2012/03/laying-down-gauntlet-royalty-time.html

Thank God that Muin Khoury is blogging ! I would have totally missed this! When the CDC held a conference to evaluate Family History, they found "insufficient evidence" that this was a useful ...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2012/02/family-history-works-in-cardiac-disease.html

Today I want to tell you why I think that health related applications on the internet should have not only some "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" but should also take an oath similar to the ...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2012/01/case-for-hippocratic-oath-in-web-health.html

Ok, ok. I am not gonna tell you I told you so. But, I did. Did anyone read my article in Nature Biotechnology ? Did ya?  Here is your freaking reality check. 23andME has your DNA. It has it h...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2012/01/23andme-buyer-beware-internet-doesnt.html

I wanted to write a wrap up of what we know in the last 4 years regarding personalized medicine 1. In regards to DTC Genetics, the FDA won't shut you down if you are google . But you will hav...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-comes-to-close-what-we-know-about.html

In case you haven't noticed. I dropped off the blog radar for a while. I had some growing to do of the practice and some streamlining. I read Daniel MacArthur's post with great interest this w...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2011/09/back-again-23andme-still-hits-bed-with.html

Ok, In case you haven't all figured it out. Blogs are dead. Mine is too, sorta. I have less and less time to blog as my practice explodes. But there are some things that just merit a blog post....

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2011/03/non-clinician-misinterpretation-of-dtc.html

Ok, so enough with the acronyms..... I am back and will be blogging more often again. So for those who still lurked around, tell the others that the Howard Stern of Genomics is back. I took a ...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2011/02/coriell-and-osu-integrate-gwas-into-emr.html

I am going to read this article for the seventh time and get back to you this week. In case you missed it, the PR Firm hired by DeCode pumped out a presser (press release), which I refuse to lin...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2010/12/genetic-test-may-refine-psa-or-it-may.html

Yes, Yes..... Everyones' little heart is a-twitter for the subisdized cost of 23andSerge, now to be known as 23andKari (will tell you why soon) a whopping 99 USD. Which I had been saying is t...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2010/11/23andkari-what-99-usd-subsidy-means-for.html

Dan Vorhaus points out the Plan B for 23andSerge! Personally I love the irony of naming it "Plan B" MSRP 499, but yours for the low, low price of 99 USD. QVC, here we come!!!!

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2010/11/23andme-going-infomercial-style.html

I love personalized medicine. I absolutely think it is beyond fantastic to be able to say to a patient "This is the drug for you" Or, we need to screen for disease X because of Gene Y and...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2010/11/respiragene-test-and-ct-screening-for.html

How do you face life as a 22 year old if you carry a genetic variant for an incurable illness that will most likely strike in middle age? That's right, Amy Harmon is hosting a fantastic course ...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2010/11/pulitzer-prize-winner-amy-harmon.html

Here are the top ten reasons why in its current state, direct to consumer or otherwise, genomic testing for cardiovascular disease risk is dead in the water 1. Family History Risk paints a far ...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2010/11/consumer-genetic-testing-for-heart.html

Yes, You heard it here. A recent study abstract and pressed about from my friend Charis Eng MD PhD , Clinical Geneticist, Internist and all around really smart lady spoke today about her find...

http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2010/11/family-history-better-than.html