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Genetic Testing

Sternberg, Steve. “The human genome: Big advances, many questions.” USATODAY.com July 7, 2010. (www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-07-08-1Agenome08_CV_N.htm?csp=34news>)

Harman, Katherine. “Genome sequencing for the rest of us.” Scientific American. June 28, 2010. (www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=personal-genome-sequencing)

“Personalized medicine moving closer through genome analysis.” The Guardian. Apr.30, 2010. (www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/2010/apr/30/personalisedmedicine-moving-closer-through-genome-analysis)

Richwine, Lisa. “House panel probes personal genetic tests.” Reuters. May 19, 2010. (www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64I5NK20100519)

Swartz, Alan. “A Future in Baseball, Hinging on DNA.” NYTimes.com July 22, 2009. (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/sports/baseball/23dna.html?)

Lewin, Tamar. “Berkeley Asks Freshman for DNA Samples.” NYTimes.com May 18, 2010 (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/education/19dna.html?)

“Personalized smoking cessation promising.” UPI.com July 6, 2010. (www.upi.com/Health_News/2010/07/06/Personalized-smoking-cessation-promising/UPI-22001278445203/)

Collins, Francis. “A genome story: 10th anniversary commentary by Francis Collins.” Scientific American. June 25, 2010 (www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=a-genome-story-10th-anniversary-com-2010-06-25)

Wilkinson, Emma. “Egg screening test 'predicts genetic problems’.” BBC News. June 28, 2010. (www.bbc.co.uk/news/10433577)

Fox, Maggie. “Gene scan shows man's risk for heart attack, cancer.” Medline Plus. April 29, 2010 (www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_98212.html)

Paddock, Katherine. “Severe Childhood Obesity Linked to Missing DNA." Medical News Today. Dec. 7, 2009 (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/173164.php)

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