Genetic testing for predisposition to complex genetic traits and late-onset diseases may one day be used in the determination of life insurance premiums. This brings up new questions about the protection of privacy, moral hazards, and the role the free market plays in the life insurance industry.
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My Tweets- Giant Bird DNA! http://bit.ly/dpFF1P Can anyone say chocobo? about 20 hours ago from TweetDeck
- Does anyone have a sample deCODEme raw data file? I'm would like to see its format and the loci they tested #deCODE #genetics #dna #gene about 22 hours ago from web
- Have you tried twellow yet? The yellow pages for twitter? I just registered my profile: http://twellow.com/u/ChromChron about 5 days ago from Twellow
- Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #colts_neck #biology #genetics #entrepreneur #bioinformatics #science about 5 days ago from WeFollow
Genetics News- Genomatix gives a hand in the analysis of Wayne State's sequencing projects March 10, 2010[…]
- ImmunoCellular Therapeutics’ Dendritic Cell-Based Vaccine Demonstrates Statistically Significant Increase in Survival in an Animal Model of Glioblastoma March 10, 2010[…]
- LSUHSC researcher finds first inherited prostate cancer genetic mutation in African-American men March 10, 2010[…]
- Breast cancer drug fulvestrant appears more effective in the presence of CK8 and CK18 March 10, 2010[…]
- Genomatix gives a hand in the analysis of Wayne State's sequencing projects March 10, 2010

