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12/31/2019

Hot Topics of the Day are picked by experts to capture the latest information and publications on public health genomics and precision health for various diseases and health topics. Sources include published scientific literature, reviews, blogs and popular press articles.

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Be Ready to Talk With Parents About Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
EW CLayton, JAMA Pediatrics, December 30, 2019

Perhaps this has already happened to you. You are seeing a school-aged girl for general health maintenance, and her parents say, “We had our child tested by 23andMe and found that she is at risk for developing HFE-related hemochromatosis. What should we do?”

Association of Periconception Paternal Body Mass Index With Persistent Changes in DNA Methylation of Offspring in Childhood
N Noor, JAMA Network OPen, December 27, 2019

This cohort study of 429 father-mother-infant triads found that paternal body mass index at the time of conception was associated with both offspring birth weight and epigenome-wide DNA methylation patterns in offspring at birth, age 3 years, and age 7 years.

Precision medicine has a blind spot: children with cancer
G Nichols, StatNews, December 30, 2019

Precision medicine, the concept of giving the right treatment to the right patient at the right time, is flourishing in cancer treatment. But there is a blind spot: children are not benefiting enough from the progress we’re making.


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