POSTS TAGGED AS genetic testing

Screening by Sequencing

In January, Stephen Kingsmore, chief scientific officer for the National Human Genome Research Institute, reported that he and his [MORE]

Getting More out of Guthrie Cards

While there is a perception that wide-spread genetic testing raises difficult ethical issues, the fact is that universal genetic testing [MORE]

Genetic Testing at Your Neighborhood Pharmacy

Imagine a time-about a century ago-when physicians generally accepted the idea that germs caused disease, but didn’t know what [MORE]

Newborn Screening

PerkinElmer (Waltham, MA and Fremont, CA) has introduced an automated platform that quantitatively and qualitatively analyzes neonate blood samples [MORE]

Kaiser Permanente to Create 100,000 Genome Data Bank in CA

What do you suppose would be the reaction to a news headline that an insurance company is undertaking the largest [MORE]

Genetic Testing; Cost effectiveness

USA Today recently ran a story about the economic impact genetic testing can have on cancer treatments.  It mentions the [MORE]