Bringing the Consumer and Clinical Voice into the Genomics Circle
Canada is credited with its fair share of historic breakthroughs in medicine, and the modern fields of genetics and genomics are no exception. Whether it is the discovery of the gene responsible for...
View ArticleTime not on your side: Challenges of genomic medicine
Stephen W. Scherer, PhD, FRSC Dr. Stephen Scherer is the Director of the McLaughlin Centre and The Centre for Applied Genomics, affiliated with both the Hospital for Sick Children and University of...
View ArticleWhere Genetics and Primary Care Meet: A Clinical Story
There has been discussion for quite some time about the potential benefits of incorporating genetics/genomics into primary care, however not much evidence exists to support this theory and to date,...
View ArticleWhole Genome Sequencing and Calculating Risk Tolerance
I often liken the human genome to a savings bond. When we get it, we overpay. Eventually– barring an economic meltdown (or genomic bubble)—it matures. For most of us the return on investment will be...
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