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Local child has Bloom's Syndrome“My mother and I knew there was something wrong, because she didn’t grow very much, weighing only 16.25 pounds, and she will be two years old in February. She is only one in 182 living in the whole world with this disease.” Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times, Jan 19, 2012, by Barbara Hootman Soon, $1,000 Will Map Your Genes The quest to harness the power of DNA to develop personalized medicine is on the threshold of a major milestone: the $1,000 genome sequencing. Life Technologies Corp., a Carlsbad, Calif., genomics company, plans to introduce Tuesday a machine it says will be able to map an individual's entire genetic makeup for $1,000 by the end of this year. The Wall Street Journal, Jan 12, 2012, by Ron Winslow and Shirley S. Wang Parents Tell Kids About Genetic Cancer RisksMost parents who've had BRCA1/2 genetic testing disclose the results to their children, but the child's age and sex makes as difference and it may take some time, according to a study conducted at two cancer centers. MedPage Today, Jan 9, 2012, by Kurt Ullman |
Cooking up communityRight around this time every year, Associate Board member Melissa Grammer get this warm, happy feeling. It's not just Hanukkah -- it's Jean Therapy planning time!
Congregational Corner: Meet Rabbi Lester Frazin"This is a personal matter to me. Having lived through the trauma of a Tay-Sachs child and succeeding hospitalizations the reality of the disease is imprinted in my being."
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