Comments on: Esther Dyson, Genome Enthusiast

By: More Flickr Comments on DNA Direct

More Flickr Comments on DNA Direct — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:12:04 +0000

[...] karyotype last week and now you get to see a picture of Ryan herself from 2005 again from Esther Dyson’s Flickr [...]

By: New 23andMe Headquarters

New 23andMe Headquarters — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:07:58 +0000

[...] they’ve apparently moved into new headquarters. Here’s a shot labeled 23andBikes from Esther Dyson’s Flickr [...]

By: Whole Genome Sequencing For All

Whole Genome Sequencing For All — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:01:47 +0000

[...] want it done too. What are the chances that my neighbor who doesn’t have a clue who Esther Dyson is would want to follow in her footsteps? They’d be more likely to be influenced my incessant [...]

By: Genetically Naked? « ScienceRoll

Genetically Naked? « ScienceRoll — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:50:38 +0000

[...] to pledge my life to personalized genetics. Recently, Esther Dyson, a famous venture capitalist, wrote about her decision to reveal all of her genetic data. What are the reasons? Erika Jonietz tells [...]

By: Tangled Bank 85 - The Reductionist’s Tale « Migrations

Tangled Bank 85 - The Reductionist’s Tale « Migrations — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:02:25 +0000

[...] Esther Dyson, Genome Enthusiast – Hsien gives us the goods on one woman’s decision for full disclosure on her genome, her health, and her medical recordsâ€“as part of George Churchâ€™s Personal Genome Project (PGP). At Eye on DNA. [...]

By: Genetic Privacy Rights vs Public Health

Genetic Privacy Rights vs Public Health — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:30:55 +0000

[...] this might appease genetic privacy advocates at this point in time, they should think ahead. Once whole genome sequencing is readily available to each individual, destroying blood samples will be too late since DNA analysis can be performed quickly, if not [...]

By: Genetics Websites from Harvard University and the World Health Organization

Genetics Websites from Harvard University and the World Health Organization — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:40:59 +0000

[...] out of the Wu Lab at Harvard Medical School, Dana Waring is in charge of the Personal Genetics Education Project. This website will be particularly useful [...]

By: » This week in health and science - 7/27/07 - Women's Health Research News blog from IdeasForWomen.com

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:58:53 +0000

[...] Hsien-Hsien Lei ran a poll on her blog concerning whether or not you would like to have your whole genome sequenced. She also wrote about the Personal Genome Project – which sounds pretty cool, except there is no way I would have my medical records made public – my DNA – yes!, but not the medical records. [...]

By: The Genetic Genealogist - » Esther Dyson and the “First 10″

The Genetic Genealogist - » Esther Dyson and the “First 10″ — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:02:35 +0000

[...] There is a great discussion of the project and Ms. Dysonâ€™s decision to join it in the comment section of a post at Genome Technology. You can also find more at EyeonDNA. [...]

By: Hsien

Hsien — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:13:57 +0000

Those are great questions, Dana. I think a lot depends on the degree of privacy. In the case of the first PGP participants, they’ve chosen not to t have any privacy at all but for the rest of us, we should be able to choose how much we want to share and limit whatever negative consequences we may anticipate.

Will be checking out your site ASAP! Congrats on getting it launched.