Russ Altman
We’re pleased to announce that 23andMe Science Advisory Board member Russ Altman has won the Nature Network 2008 Science Blogging Challenge for his blog, “Building confidence.”
Russ was commended for his insights about pharmacogenomics, science funding, the implications of rapidly decreasing genotyping costs and other topics. His account of how cool it is to [...]

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Russ Altman.
In a recent post on his “Building Confidence” blog, 23andMe scientific advisor Russ Altman recounts an experience that should be familiar to 23andMe customers who regularly read The Spittoon. After reading a recent New England Journal of Medicine paper about a genetic variant associated with the development of side effects among people taking cholesterol-lowering [...]

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