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St. Mary's Hospital Offers Genetic Testing for Certain Types of Cancer - Bay Net


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St. Mary's Hospital Offers Genetic Testing for Certain Types of Cancer
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In certain instances, Dr. Amir Khan, medical director of the hospital's Cancer Care and Infusion Services, can provide genetic testing for breast, ...
Letting the world see what breast cancer can doNorth Platte Telegraph
Oncotype DX Study Underscores Challenges for Patients, Doctors in Interpreting ...GenomeWeb Daily News
Cancer Gene Test Results Often Not Well ExplainedMedPage Today

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Genetic Test May Help Millions Identify an Effective Diet - HealthNews


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Genetic Test May Help Millions Identify an Effective Diet
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Their study, aimed at validating a new genetic test by Interleukin Genetics, Inc., involved over 100 overweight women who had participated in diet research ...
Is Your Diet an Epic Fail? It May be Your GenesBenzinga

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Cytogenetics Labs ID New Genetic Disorder by Array CGH - GenomeWeb Daily News


Cytogenetics Labs ID New Genetic Disorder by Array CGH
GenomeWeb Daily News
Four US laboratories that perform diagnostic genetic testing of chromosome abnormalities in individuals with unexplained physical and ...
Researchers Identify Previously Unrecognized Genetic DisorderEarthtimes (press release)

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AP IMPACT: Testing curbs some genetic diseases - The Associated Press


AP IMPACT: Testing curbs some genetic diseases
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Genetic testing pushes hot-button issues: abortion, embryo destruction and worries about eugenics — selective breeding to rid a population of unwanted ...
Half-hour DNA test to check for killer diseasesScotsman
The government has my DNA?phillyBurbs.com
Testing curbs some genetic diseasesContra Costa Times
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Lawsuit attacks patent giving company control over genetic test for cancer risk - Washington Post


Lawsuit attacks patent giving company control over genetic test for cancer risk
Washington Post
They say that Myriad's patents on the isolated BRCA sequences impede research and women's access to their own genetic information through testing. ...

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The Perfect Pill: Medco and CVS Seek to Create Personalized Drugs - BNET


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The Perfect Pill: Medco and CVS Seek to Create Personalized Drugs
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... be medical diagnosis and pharmacogenomics, the practice of using genetic testing to see how patients respond to drugs based on their genetic make-up. ...


Is prenatal screening for rare diseases like spinal muscular atrophy too costly? - EurekAlert (press release)


Is prenatal screening for rare diseases like spinal muscular atrophy too costly?
EurekAlert (press release)
The cost of the procedures involved, maternal and paternal genetic testing, fetal amniocentesis and genetic testing of fetal cells, were all estimated from ...

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Quest Diagnostics selling presurgical ovarian cancer test, cites improved ... - Gaea Times (blog)


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Quest Diagnostics selling presurgical ovarian cancer test, cites improved ...
Gaea Times (blog)
With those simple instructions, health care providers in California are hoping to expand the use of genetic testing to make sure patients get the right ...

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Genetic testing may yield personalized health treatments - USA Today


Genetic testing may yield personalized health treatments
USA Today
They are among a small but growing number of American patients who have sought genetic testing to help guide their treatment. The genes in question, ...

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Disability-free world may not be a better place - msnbc.com


Disability-free world may not be a better place
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Genetic testing is leading to birth of fewer and fewer children with Down syndrome and other genetic disease in the United States. By encouraging genetic ...
Don't pass diseases to your childrenTODAYonline
AP Health NewsBrief at 11:45 am ESTInsurance News Net (press release)

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