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Case study: Scripps offers personalized medicine for anti-platelet therapy

In this publication, we've been writing for years about the promise of "personalized medicine," or treatments that use genetic information to offer therapies to patients most likely to respond. U.S. Read more...

Law barring genetic discrimination going into effect

A federal law which protects people from genetic discrimination will go into effect this week. The law will bar health insurers from denying coverage, raising premiums or otherwise making decisions Read more...

Press Releases

New Personalized Genetic Test- ProstaVysionTM- Helps Prostate Cancer Patients Make Best Treatment Decisions

Test Defines the Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Treatment of prostate cancer is often confusing for patients, but ProstaVysion™ – the first personalized genetic Read more >>

Informed Medical Decisions Acquires Inherited Health

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Informed Medical Decisions, Inc. (InformedDNA) announced today it is acquiring AccessDNA, Inc., owner of Inherited Health, a leading online resource for Read more >>

Response Genetics, Inc. to Release Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2010 Financial Results and Operational Update on March 29,

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Response Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RGDX),a company focused on the development and commercialization of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer, will announce its fourth Read more >>

Whole Genome Sequencing Used to Help Inform Cancer Therapy

Mayo Clinic and TGen team to treat deadly pancreatic tumor SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Whole genome sequencing — spelling out a person’s entire DNA genetic code — has moved one step closer Read more >>

Roche and IBM Collaborate to Develop Nanopore-Based DNA Sequencing Technology

Collaboration aims to accelerate human genome analysis and enable advancements in personalized healthcareYORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. and BRANFORD, Conn., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, Read more >>