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			<title>A step closer to your genome by app</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11747</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Easy access to our own personal genomic information is a step closer following the launch of a new app for Apple&amp;rsquo;s iPad.The MyGenome app, created by Illumina, helps users explore a real human genome and understand how different genetic variations impact health .&amp;nbsp; This is the first version ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Dispute over clinical value of genome sequencing</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2012/#story_11600</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new paper published in Science Translational Medicine says that the capacity of personal genome sequencing to predict (and direct steps to prevent) common diseases is limited.&amp;nbsp;The Predictive Capacity of Personal Genome Sequencing&amp;nbsp; reports the examination ofhealth data from thousands of i ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Study on the personal impact of consumer genomics services</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2012/#story_11393</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ US researchers are leading a major project to examine the impact of direct-to-consumer personal genome sequencing  &amp;nbsp;  The Impact of Personal Genomics (PGen) Study, a major investigation into consumer genomics, is beginning data collection. 500 participants will be enrolled from each of two pers ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Will new technologies normalise sex selective abortion?</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2012/#story_11322</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The&amp;nbsp;Department of Health has launched an inquiry after the Telegraph newspaper reported evidence that doctors at abortion clinics in the UK were prepared to terminate pregnancies on the grounds of foetal sex.  Undercover reporters went with women to clinics across the country requesting termina ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Poll on interest in personal genome information</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2011/#story_9998</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Participants can also opt for inclusion in a draw to win an Amazon gift card, and results will be released in a future news piece in the journal.&amp;nbsp; ]]></description>
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			<title>Gut reaction: bacterial DNA meets social networking</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2011/#story_9935</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This is an unusual enterprise, but if it meets a large enough demand from members of the public then it could prove highly effective. The problem is likely to be the relatively high price tag of around &amp;pound;1300 (&amp;euro;1,500); although MyMicrobes is a non-profit programme and the actual cost of se ... ]]></description>
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			<title>DNA paternity test names revealed online</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2011/#story_9250</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Early indications are that the breach was a result of poor controls over privacy and were not due to hacking. The leak could lead to legal action against the SA Government, or for individual compensation claims.&amp;nbsp; ]]></description>
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			<title>Sequenom and Illumina join forces for Down's syndrome test</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2011/#story_9107</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Sequenom, the company that owns most of the intellectual property relating to non-invasive prenatal diagnosis, has signed a three-year deal with DNA sequencing giant Illumina.  Sequenom holds commercialisation rights for techniques of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis based on the identification and a ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Novel approach identifies novel Parkinson's disease loci</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/07/2011/#story_9008</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Geneticists' opposition to direct-to-consumer genetic tests</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/06/2011/#story_8708</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A survey of European clinical geneticists has revealed opposition to direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing.  &amp;nbsp;  Of the 131 respondents to the University of Leuven study, 90% reportedly felt that predictive DTC genetic testing should require direct medical supervision (ie. not really be DTC). ... ]]></description>
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			<title>FDA continues crackdown on DTC genetics companies</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2011/#story_8637</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The possibility of strict regulation of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests in the US continues with further warnings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued to companies.  &amp;nbsp;  The FDA began sending warning letters that commercial tests or services might require regulatory approval ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Interest in genetic testing of children for common disease risk</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2011/#story_8165</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>New telomere-based approach to personalised medicine?</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2011/#story_8017</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ One of the company&amp;rsquo;s founders is Elizabeth Blackburn of the University of California San Francisco, co-recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine for her work on telomeres (see previous news), who said: &amp;ldquo;The science is there, and the time is right to bring it to the public&amp; ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Rights to personal genome testing</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2011/#story_7900</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ There have been strongly negative reactions to the news that an advisory panel to the FDA recommended obligatory clinical supervision of all results from genetic testing (see previous news).   &amp;nbsp;  The Genomes Unzipped response sets out a range of objections to the proposed moves towards heavy re ... ]]></description>
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			<title>FDA panel supports medical supervision of all genetic testing</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2011/#story_7863</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ An FDA advisory committee has said that direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing should be subject to medical supervision.The Molecular and Clinical Genetics Advisory Committee of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) met from 8-9 March 2011 and reportedly expressed general agreement that orderi ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Calls for strict regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic testing</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/03/2011/#story_7849</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The American Medical Association (AMA) has called for all forms of genetic testing to be subject to supervision by a qualified health care professional.  In a letter to the Molecular and Clinical Genetics panel of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is due to hold hearings on direct-to-con ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Recommendations on genetic testing for common disorders</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2011/#story_7646</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Limited impact of personal genomic testing</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2011/#story_7353</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Need to know may drive predictive disease testing</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2011/#story_7327</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The survey suggested that in theory people were surprisingly willing to not only undergo but also pay for predictive disease testing for serious adult-onset conditions. One possible flaw is that most people are aware that for some of the diseases in question there are preventative and treatment opti ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetic test regulation - one size does not fit all</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2011/#story_7019</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ US Commentators have expressed concern that the government should avoid overly oppressive regulation of genetic tests, including direct-to-consumer services, lest it stifle innovation.  &amp;nbsp;  Writing in the Health Affairs blog, Ronald Weiss emphasizes that genetic tests are not a single entity, an ... ]]></description>
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