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The Making of the Pharmacogenomic Prescription27 Jan 2010
The appearance in 1998 of a new medicine for an intractable and especially savage form of breast cancer was a medical milestone for two reasons. For one, the drug, called Herceptin, shrank tumors and prolonged lives. What received ...
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Genomics: Perceptions of the Public and the Press
It is no secret that the discoveries of the science of biotechnology are, in the words of Eric Lander at a GeneMedia forum ,Director of the Whitehead Institute/MIT Center ...0 comments
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Cyprus: How One Nation’s Culture Influences Its Genes
Although there is a growing literature on ethics and genetics, surprisingly little of it deals directly with how ordinary people have fit this ...0 comments
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Medical Records Privacy Issues
07 Feb 2010Seeking medical record privacy? Try renting a movie instead In debates over health privacy proposals, it was often said that video rental records had ...
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Cancer Causing Genes
26 Jan 2010In the limelight: The genes of cancer The "war against cancer" is, in actuality, a battle against a large group of sometimes very different ...
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Human Genetic Complexity
24 Jan 2010With the work of Guthrie and others allowing the inexpensive, reliable assessment of small dried blood spots for biochemicals linked to genetic disorders, ...
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Determining Risk for Cystic Fibrosis
15 Nov 2009Pregnant women face a growing number of options to detect, prevent or avoid disease in their expected children. These options include testing a ...
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