Comments on: Personal genomics 101 http://genomeboy.com/2007/08/20/personal-genomics-101/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:03:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: The Genetic Genealogist - » Interview with Dana Waring, A Founder of the Personal Genetics Education Project http://genomeboy.com/2007/08/20/personal-genomics-101/#comment-29 The Genetic Genealogist - » Interview with Dana Waring, A Founder of the Personal Genetics Education Project Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:02:08 +0000 http://genomeboy.com/2007/08/20/personal-genomics-101/#comment-29 [...] I recently had the opportunity to talk with Dana Waring, a member of Ting Wu’s lab at Harvard and one of the creators/caretakers of the pgEd, the Personal Genetics Education Project. It was a fascinating conversation about the future of personal genetics and the dire need for more education of the public in this field. You can see a few recent mentions of the pgEd from other members of the DNA Network - EyeonDNA, and genomeboy.com. [...] […] I recently had the opportunity to talk with Dana Waring, a member of Ting Wu’s lab at Harvard and one of the creators/caretakers of the pgEd, the Personal Genetics Education Project. It was a fascinating conversation about the future of personal genetics and the dire need for more education of the public in this field. You can see a few recent mentions of the pgEd from other members of the DNA Network - EyeonDNA, and genomeboy.com. […]

]]> By: Dana Waring http://genomeboy.com/2007/08/20/personal-genomics-101/#comment-5 Dana Waring Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:53:49 +0000 http://genomeboy.com/2007/08/20/personal-genomics-101/#comment-5 Misha - Thanks for the mention and congrats on the new blog. You hit the nail on the head - its meant to introduce the concept of personal genetics and the potential risks and benefits, and also serve as a basis for the workshops we do for high school and college students. We aim to specifically engage the younger generation of people who will really have to live with the good and bad of personal genomics. As the Personal Genome Project gets rolling, the ethical, legal, and sociological questions will no longer be theorhetical, but very real for the participants and their families. Glad you are willing to go first, and are letting us in on your story. Will surely be a fascinating ride. Dana Misha - Thanks for the mention and congrats on the new blog. You hit the nail on the head - its meant to introduce the concept of personal genetics and the potential risks and benefits, and also serve as a basis for the workshops we do for high school and college students. We aim to specifically engage the younger generation of people who will really have to live with the good and bad of personal genomics.

As the Personal Genome Project gets rolling, the ethical, legal, and sociological questions will no longer be theorhetical, but very real for the participants and their families. Glad you are willing to go first, and are letting us in on your story. Will surely be a fascinating ride.

Dana

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