Sequencing in the military healthcare setting comes with a unique set of considerations as it has the potential to return information that may impact a service member’s perceived mission-readiness, duty assignments, and career. Although scholars have commented on this issue, little is known about the perspectives of those serving in the military. The MilSeq Project … Continued
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G2P Newsletter December 2018
December 2018
This Fall, G2P has had exciting updates with a new PeopleSeq grant. Our team has traveled from San Diego, Atlanta, and Fort Detrick to Basel, Zurich, and Barcelona, to several conferences, presenting new data from our translational genomics research projects.
Plenary presentation at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology Precision Health Meeting
AGBT Precision Health Conference
September 2018
Dr. Robert C. Green speaks at the 2018 Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) Precision Health Conference in San Diego, California about our efforts to gather empirical data on genome sequencing healthy individuals. Watch to learn more about G2P’s MilSeq, BabySeq, MedSeq, PeopleSeq, PGen and REVEAL projects. Click here for more on the conference.
G2P Newsletter April 2018
Genomes2People
April 2018
Spring saw accomplishments by team members and new advances in direct-to-consumer testing. Dr. Kurt Christensen provides compelling detail about econogenomics cost and benefits to genetic sequencing, and Megan Maxwell discusses genetic counseling and the MilSeq project on a podcast.
G2P Newsletter October 2017
Genomes2People
October 2017
Highlights include a CBS feature on the BabySeq Project, the announcement of the MilSeq collaboration with the U.S. Air Force, and more.
Air Force sequencing study to inform broader genomic medicine implementation among service members
GenomeWeb
October 2017
The US Air Force is studying the future of personalized medicine through MilSeq, a joint venture with several academic organizations, including Genomes2People.
Study of clinical genome sequencing in the active-duty military begins
Brigham Women's Hospital
October 2017
Up to 75 active-duty U.S. Air Force service members will now have the first opportunity to incorporate whole exome sequencing (WES) into their routine clinical care through a new two-year research partnership between the Air Force Personalized Medicine Program, Air Force Medical Genetics Center and several academic institutions, including Brigham Women’s Hospital, Broad Institute, Harvard … Continued
