Eye on DNA Headlines for 28 March 2008

by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Posted March 28, 2008 in DNA Testing, Eye on DNA Headlines, Jobs Involving DNA

• Thanks to Keith Robison of Omics! Omics! for mentioning The DNA Network in his article about science blogging for the March 2008 issue Genome Technology. And a belated thanks to Genome Technology for including Eye on DNA in the February 2008 Blogosphere Briefs. (Sorry, subscription only.)
• The Genetics and Public Policy Center has compiled a table listing services offered by 32 direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies (pdf).
• After a successful test launch in California, Oregon and Washington, Identigene has now introduced their over-the-counter paternity test nationwide. MSNBC quotes a satisfied customer whose son learned that he was not the father of a little boy who he’d been supporting:

  “He just didn’t look like my son at all,” [Wendy] Lieb said. “And we have fairly strong genes.”

  Ahh, yes. Those “strong genes” will tell you the truth every time.

• Schelly Talalay Dardashti at Tracing the Tribe points to an article in Reform Judaism on DNA research and Jewish ancestry. Former Eye on DNA guest author, Jon Entine, was interviewed.
• DNA Direct is now hiring! They’re looking for a Clinical Services Coordinator, Senior Software Developer, and Experienced Web Developer. (Yes, I work with DNA Direct.)

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