Over at Think Gene, Drew Yates has a fine rant about the notion that using unsupported genomic information to make medical decisions is better than simple voodoo.
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I write about the genetic and evolutionary basis of human variation, and the companies trying to sell you information about your genome.
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Genomic magic
Category: personal genomics
Posted on: October 29, 2008 7:09 PM, by Daniel MacArthur
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