A list of things from around the web that we’re reading. Hope you enjoy!
Who Should Have Access to Your DNA? Medium
UW Study Finds Returning Incidental Findings May be Cost Effective. Genome Web
Topol: Why Are Doctors and Hospitals the Owners of Patient Records? Medscape
Teen identifies rare mutation in her own cancer, champions new age of open-access genetics. Genetic Literacy Project
Biology, Computing, and the History of Molecular Sequencing: From Proteins to DNA, 1945–2000.
Discrimination based on genetics could soon be illegal, and it’s right on time. Canada.com
The First Amendment Right to Speak about the Human Genome. Social Science Research Network
Trust me, I’m a medical researcher. Science Magazine
Every Patient a Subject: When personalized medicine, genomic research, and privacy collide. Slate
Small company offering direct-to-consumer whole genomes for just $1850 Facebook post (related to the New product for 2015: sub-$2000 whole-genome sequencing announcement from Full Genomes).