Eye on DNA Links - June 19, 2007

by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Posted June 19, 2007 in Eye on DNA Headlines

• Grand Rounds 3:39 is up at code blog. Geena’s inner advice columnist, Henrietta the Healthcare Worker, is hard at work this week. A great follow-up to the Ask Harriette question about DNA paternity testing I featured over the weekend.
• Liz at Sucessful Blog named me a Successful and Outstanding Blogger. I’m honored.
• Nina at The Alien Next Door graced me with a Thinking Blogger Award. I do try very hard to think even if the thoughts are muddled up sometimes. Thanks, Nina!
• Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) does not appear to increase the risk of genetic disorders including birth defects and malformations. In a Belgium study, 563 of 583 PGD babies were born alive and were comparable to babies born after other forms of IVF.
• Bob Barker of The Price is Right retired and his microphone was sold for $19,000 to a Minnesota radio show host who says that he’s had offers to extract Bob Barker’s DNA from saliva that might have dried on the microphone.

Tags: genetics, genes, dna, bob barker, price is right, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, pgd, grand rounds, medicine, health

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Comment by Steven Murphy MD

2007-06-20 00:46:30

Is 500 nearly enough babies to make a statistical analysis? How did they eval the genomes of these kids? What I would like to see is an analysis and standardization of culture media. I think we should be wary of the long term changes/epigenetics here.
-Steve
http://www.thegenesherpa.blogspot.com

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Comment by Hsien

2007-06-21 10:00:15

Steve, Are you saying you’re concerned about the health of children born after IVF and PGD? Would you recommend parents to avoid these procedures if at all possible?

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Comment by Liz Strauss

2007-06-23 02:32:01

I feel like this is deja vu coming by to congratualate you for being an SOB!

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Comment by Hsien

2007-06-23 11:37:33

Thank you thank you! We’ve definitely got a history together.

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