Free
Genome Scans - But What's the Business Model?
ScienceBlogs
6/2009
Misha Angrist points me to the launch
of TruGenetics, which basically looks like just another
genome scan company with a unique gimmick: they're giving
10,000 scans away free...
TruGenetics
Offers Free SNP Scans
The Genetic
Genealogist 7/2009
TruGenetics is a genomics company
offering at least 10,000 free SNP scans to those who register
at their website. Unlike most other personal genomics
companies, TruGenetics users complete a survey to create
a “personalized risk assessment survey.”..
A
Non-Advertising based Free Business by TruGenetics
Board of Innovation 7/2009
TruGenetics understands that the
value of genetic profile analysis lies in the combined
data of a large group of people. Therefore they decided
not to charge their users for individual genome reports
in contrast to several competitors... |
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Five
genetic mutations and family history account for 46% of
prostate cancer
The New England
Journal of Medicine 2/2008
SNPs in five chromosomal regions
plus a family history of prostate cancer have a cumulative
and significant association with prostate cancer...
50
Genetics Ideas You Really Need To Know
ScienceBlogs 6/2009
The goal of Mark Henderson's 50 Genetics
Ideas You Really Need to Know is thus ambitious but timely:
to distill the complexity of genetics into a series of
digestible bite-sized chunks suitable for public consumption...
25
things you can do to prevent cancer
King5News 6/2007
Anyone can develop cancer. One in
three people will be diagnosed with the disease during
their lifetime. That doesn't sound encouraging, but, consider
this... |
