Specials

  • The flow of human genetic information is growing into a deluge: from high throughput sequencing to genome wide association studies to copy number variation to personal genetic tests. Nature assesses their biological and medical value so far and asks - where should the field go next?

  • Opinion

      • Genetics without borders
      • A UK government scheme to establish nationality through DNA testing is scientifically flawed, ethically dubious and potentially damaging to science.
      • 08 October 2009
      • Putting DNA to the test
      • Genetic-testing companies lack regulation, and a list of guiding principles does not go far enough.
      • 08 October 2009
      • An agenda for personalized medicine
      • Pauline C. Ng, Sarah S. Murray, Samuel Levy and J. Craig Venter find differences in results from two direct-to-consumer genetics-testing companies. They therefore give nine recommendations to improve predictions.
      • 08 October 2009
      • Let's celebrate human genetic diversity
      • Science is finding evidence of genetic diversity among groups of people as well as among individuals. This discovery should be embraced, not feared, say Bruce T. Lahn and Lanny Ebenstein.
      • 08 October 2009

  • Feature

      • Human genetics: Hit or miss?
      • Genome-wide association studies have identified hundreds of genetic clues to disease. Kelly Rae Chi looks at three to see just how on-target the approach seems to be.
      • 08 October 2009

  • Research

  • Elsewhere in Nature

      • Podcast
      • An interview with Pauline Ng on personal genomics and other highlights from the human genetics special.
      • 08 October 2009

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