Monthly Archives: November 2013

Patients in Waiting

Posted on November 22, 2013 by caydunbar

When people learn that I have been sequenced as part of George Church’s Personal Genome Project (PGP) they often say, “Wow- I’d like to be sequenced too!” My first response to them is, “Why – are you sick?” If the … Continue reading →

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Type I Diabetes – A Day in My Daughter’s Life

Posted on November 15, 2013 by caydunbar

A parent easily falls into the trap of describing the most horrific of their adolescent children’s behaviors. There are always those loud and angry interactions of one brain soaked with testosterone interacting with another one soaking in 400 mg/dl glucose. … Continue reading →

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Lose Weight…and your poop will glow in the dark too!

Posted on November 8, 2013 by caydunbar

Sean Davies had a problem to solve: If you genetically modify enteric bacteria to make them more healthful, how can you quickly check to see if they’re happily growing away inside your experimental rat? The solution he chose could represent the … Continue reading →

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