{"id":7767,"date":"2020-10-16T15:39:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T19:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/?page_id=7767"},"modified":"2020-10-16T15:41:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T19:41:28","slug":"news-from-the-archives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/about-us\/genetics-news\/news-from-the-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"News from the Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>To see more, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/about-us\/genetics-news\/past-news\/\">Past News<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Lindsay Farrer featured on NBC 10 Boston<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 03\/11\/2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/genetics\/files\/2019\/03\/Farrer-NBC-10-536x300.png\" alt=\"Farrer NBC 10\" width=\"536\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/files\/2019\/03\/Farrer-NBC-10-536x300.png 536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/files\/2019\/03\/Farrer-NBC-10.png 649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\u201cDNA Kits Yield Different Results From Two Genetics Companies\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><span>Dr. Lindsay Farrer, Chief of Biomedical Genetics section, helps clarify the accuracy of DNA ancestry kits like 23 and Me and Ancestry.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Users of these genetic testing services have questioned their accuracy after receiving different test results from different companies.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Farrer notes that differing reference samples and unique algorithms used by each company may be among the causes of conflicting results.<span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/DNA-Kits-Yield-Different-Results-From-Different-Genetics-Companies-506986961.html\">Read More.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interview from the Archives: Dr. Farrer discusses Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 09\/14\/2013<\/p>\n<p>In this interview from the Archives, Dr. Farrer discusses Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease with the founder of ALZ&#8217;s Hope for a Cure and host, Robert Arnoff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview With Researcher Dr. Lindsay Farrer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RMV1O66W99U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To see more, check out our Past News! Dr. Lindsay Farrer featured on NBC 10 Boston Published 03\/11\/2019 \u201cDNA Kits Yield Different Results From Two Genetics Companies\u201d Dr. Lindsay Farrer, Chief of Biomedical Genetics section, helps clarify the accuracy of DNA ancestry kits like 23 and Me and Ancestry.com. Users of these genetic testing services [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17547,"featured_media":0,"parent":2234,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7767"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7800,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7767\/revisions\/7800"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}