tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post3760947865310558527..comments2023-08-24T08:30:25.608-07:00Comments on Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You: No more 23andMe blog posts. The Sherpa has achieved his goals.Steve Murphy MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11774190000307343476noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-27506562550552674482010-07-20T16:15:27.433-07:002010-07-20T16:15:27.433-07:00Anon should not get grief for being "anon&quo...Anon should not get grief for being "anon". What he said was true (Murphy adopts an arrogant tone in his blog, out of proportion to his scientific expertise), and that's all that counts.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008012554198066886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-51740045657761969162010-07-06T03:14:03.689-07:002010-07-06T03:14:03.689-07:00Anon has a point about your style (but that's ...Anon has a point about your style (but that's not news), as for the rest Anon is wrong to assume things he/she is ignorant of, it happens too often in comments that the commenter makes negative assumptions about the poster or other commenter.<br /><br />Also it's not good style to hide behind "Anonymous"Keith Grimaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340553707811672190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-84445435355971822952010-07-05T18:05:31.782-07:002010-07-05T18:05:31.782-07:00" if they came with even a smidgen of modesty..." if they came with even a smidgen of modesty, especially given your non-scientific background. You're one worker in the field; simply because I write a blog saying the sun should rise tomorrow doesn't mean I should gloat when it does."<br /><br />That being said.....<br />Non-scientfic? How about the educational research I do? Or how about the scientific research boards I sit on? Or how about the....well, I am not going to go on here.<br /><br />Listen, after reading again, you clearly have an axe to grind with clinician scientists.....<br /><br />That being said, smugness is not becoming and I agree. But the rest of your veiled attempt to discredit all the hard work I do and the fact that I predicted just about all of this with DTCG did not go unnoticed that long.<br /><br /> I even told the president elect of ACMG that he shouldn't support it because it trivialized the field without having clinicians involved.<br /><br />Do your comments mean you place science above actually caring for human life?<br /><br />Or are you part of a DTCG "research revolution"?<br /><br />Even if you are a clinician, you are gravely mistaken if you think I am not involved in the science.<br /><br />Further, you are gravely mistaken to minimize the voice of a clinician who does personalized medicine every day.<br /><br />I am an expert in PM. End of Story.Steve Murphy MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11774190000307343476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-69368301864374905832010-07-05T17:57:18.723-07:002010-07-05T17:57:18.723-07:00@Anonymous,
Duly noted. But I will add that no on...@Anonymous,<br /><br />Duly noted. But I will add that no one pushed these guys harder for these things than I.Steve Murphy MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11774190000307343476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-77165631814515139922010-07-03T10:18:44.744-07:002010-07-03T10:18:44.744-07:00A word of advice: these kinds of posts would have ...A word of advice: these kinds of posts would have greater impact, and be easier to take seriously, if they came with even a smidgen of modesty, especially given your non-scientific background. You're one worker in the field; simply because I write a blog saying the sun should rise tomorrow doesn't mean I should gloat when it does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-35777579431417061552010-06-25T04:02:56.150-07:002010-06-25T04:02:56.150-07:00oops: "e.g. we don't know anywhere near a...oops: "e.g. we don't know anywhere near anything" should have been "e.g. we don't know anywhere near everything" of course!Keith Grimaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340553707811672190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-59064962141539905522010-06-25T03:49:07.966-07:002010-06-25T03:49:07.966-07:00@Keith,
Oh, I agree. I will be reviewing the servi...@Keith,<br />Oh, I agree. I will be reviewing the services. That is a guarantee. I will look under the hood, just like I am doing now with labs for GeneticHub.Steve Murphy MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11774190000307343476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-32610163792978646742010-06-25T02:15:15.587-07:002010-06-25T02:15:15.587-07:00So the end of an era?
Now you have freed up 90% o...So the end of an era?<br /><br />Now you have freed up 90% of your time I look forward to your opinion on other providers - e.g. EG (Evidence Genetics). I'm gradually getting through the book, not sure if I will review it - depends how the plot develops. So far there are some good things (e.g. we don't know anywhere near anything, but we have enough to start now) and there are some not so good things (variants that "are known to cause ... love handles").<br /><br />Also it is clearly a big advert for the authors own products and services - since that is pretty clear in the text it's not such an issue,although it does mean that it cannot be considered to be an objective dispassionate account of personal genetics and the commercial offerings available.<br /><br />Really, I think that these types of services also need watching very carefully - I am absolutely not saying there is anything wrong with EG, but this area as a whole (products and services created and delivered by MDs) is so opaque that it needs scrutiny. In fact regarding EG I am glad that it has launched itself with high profile marketing - that in itself will help with scrutiny and transparency.<br /><br />You have listed a lot of "I told ya so's above". Fair enough, also a lot of us have been saying for several years that transparency is the key - even if FDA step in. But it needs to be the same everywhere - we don't want to go back to the days of docs selling their own back-room medicinal concoctions.Keith Grimaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340553707811672190noreply@blogger.com