What Jewish Women Do and Don't Do, Weiner Edition

via National : The Atlantic

The recent case illustrates the two ways that society characterizes them Read More >>

How can we visualize the big players in the Web 2.0 data layer? - An update on how a data layer will be added to the Web 2.0 Points of Control map.

via O'Reilly News and Commentary

How do you visualize the size, strength and limitations of data-centric companies? That's the tricky issue being tackled by the ... Read More >>

Biopunk in an age without wonder

via Boing Boing

Marcus Wohlsen has covered startup culture, the maker scene, and the marijuana industry as a reporter in the San Francisco ... Read More >>

Personal data is the future, but does anybody care? - How to communicate the value of data to people who don't live and breath it.

via O'Reilly News and Commentary

Companies that want to move personal data collection into the mainstream must offer utility, serendipity, and self-expression. ... Read More >>

Your Next Computer May Be Made of...Blood!

via ReadWriteWeb

We're stumbling through a science fiction wonderland of not just high-flying communications software and tools but of the basic ... Read More >>

How New Community Tools Will Democratize Data Analytics for the Good of Society

via Mashable!

We are surrounded by data. Every day we generate petabytes of photographs, messages, emails, comments and mobile tracks. ... Read More >>

Health 2.0 San Francisco - Tim O’Reilly Keynote

via The Health Care Blog

By THCB STAFF How are Web 2.0 technologies changing healthcare? What are the implications of trends like cloud-based computing ... Read More >>

The Myth of Consumer-Directed Health Care

via The Health Care Blog

By JANE SARASOHN-KAHN The theory behind “consumer-driven health care” is that when the health care user has more financial ... Read More >>

I me mine

via genomeboy

Sorry that this blog has been inert…like Argon on Ambien. (I know: chemistry humor–you can’t beat it) Here’s a 100% ... Read More >>

Twitter Roundup

via Genomics Law Report

With so many developments at the intersection of genomics and the law, there are often a variety of interesting stories that, ... Read More >>

2011 Personal Genomics Preview: It’s Déjà Vu…

via Genomics Law Report

Last January we kicked off the new year by posing “Five Questions for Personal Genomics in 2010.” Here were the five questions ... Read More >>

There Is a Difference Between a Sequencing Revolution and a Genomics Revolution [Mike the Mad Biologist]

via ScienceBlogs Channel : Technology

Last week, Forbes had an article about the advances in genomics, which focused on the Ion Torrent sequencing platform. It's a ... Read More >>

Wandering minds, self-tracking, and citizen science

via The Quantified Self

A reader over at my blog shared the NYT article Wandering Mind Is a Sign of Unhappiness, which reports on research by ... Read More >>

Why I'm releasing my genetic data online

via Genetic Future

Back in June I launched a new blog, Genomes Unzipped, together with a group of colleagues and friends with expertise in various ... Read More >>

A Prescription for Doctors

via The Decision Tree

Enough about patients: What is a doctor to do? In the past few months, since The Decision Tree book came out, I’ve had ... Read More >>

Update: EEOC Issues Final Genetic Nondiscrimination Rules

via Genomics Law Report

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued its final rules and regulations implementing the employment ... Read More >>

Digging Deeper into the EEOC’s Final GINA Regulations

via Genomics Law Report

As we wrote yesterday, last week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued definitive rules and regulations ... Read More >>

Twitter Roundup: Personalized Medicine Conference Edition

via Genomics Law Report

With so many developments at the intersection of genomics and the law, there are often a variety of interesting stories that, ... Read More >>

ePatients: a connected, collaborative, creating community

via Disruptive Women in Health Care

By Jane Sarashon-Kahn. The following, originally posted on Health Populi on September 30th summarizes the ePatient Connections ... Read More >>

Consumer Genetics Conference

I am hopping around trying to catch as many conferences as I can afford on the intersection of digital technology and scientific/medical research.  Next up, Consumer Genetics Conference in Boston June 2-4th.  Want to work up research on DTC - direct-to-consumer genetics.  Specifically looking at Why are these DTC technologies necessary?  What is the technological and cultural impetus behind DTC?  Why is it necessary and why has it emerged at this particular time?  What are the companies hoping to accomplish with DTC?  What are the challenges and promises of DTC?  How has that nature of genetic information have been impacted by the culture of new media?  How is it acting as a new
media? 

This seems especially relevant as the Congress is going to hold hearings on DTC genomics and how it should be regulated. Check it out here. 

Leaving tomorrow and will report back!