Craig Venter, Jim Watson, and Ozzy Osbourne?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Ozzy Osbourne is having his genome sequenced. St. Louis-based Cofactor Genomics, in conjunction with Knome and Applied Biosystems, will map Ozzy's DNA to try to figure out how he's survived his notorious lifestyle.

Happy Anniversary, Genome

Reuters | Ten years ago tomorrow, President Clinton announced the first draft of the  human genome. Ten years later, NIH director Francis Collins says that most people have not had the experience of having their personal medical care directly affected by genome sequencing

We Can't Handle the Truth?

Huffington Post | Wired editor calls the recent FDA ruling on personalized genomics kits evidence of a "stubborn paternalistic streak in our healthcare system." 

Early Trial Planning Solutions

Bio-IT World | Medidata announced two new products at the Drug Information Association (DIA) meeting this week in Washington, D.C.: an updated version of Grants Manager and Medidata Balance.

FDA Requires Review of Personal Genomics Kits

San Francisco Chronicle | The FDA sent letters to 23andMe, Navigenics, deCODE Genetics, Illumina, and Knome on Friday explaining that the companies' consumer genomics kits should be reviewed by the agency.