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For Years, Dairy Producers Are Selectively Breeding Herds to Encourage Milk Production
Mar 13, 2014Even the best medicine has side effects. For years, dairy producers have been selectively breeding their herds to encourage milk production. New insights have confirmed, though, that such efforts to satisfy society's demand for milk, cheese ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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FDA Approved a First-of-Its-Kind Blood Test That Can Scan a Child's Genetic Code
Jan 19, 2014The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a first-of-its-kind blood test that can scan a child's genetic code and spot possible genetic explanations for developmental delays or intellectual disabilities. The test can ...
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Genetic Variant Occurring in People with Heart Disease Raises Odds for Heart Attack, Death
Dec 25, 2013A genetic variant occurring in a significant number of people with heart disease appears to raise the odds for heart attack or death by 38 percent, a new study suggests. This "stress reaction gene," which Duke University scientists ...
Tags: heart disease, genetic variant, stress reaction gene, stress hormone
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90%Women Needn't Receive Gene Test to See If They Are at Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer
Dec 25, 2013Nine of 10 women do not need and should not receive genetic testing to see if they are at risk for breast or ovarian cancer, an influential panel of health experts announced Monday. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...
Tags: breast cancer, ovarian cancer, women health, genetic testing
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Topol Has Cred When It Comes to Patient Safety
Dec 11, 2013A "misfire" is the way Eric Topol, MD, describes 23andMe's recent regulatory tussle with the FDA, which resulted in the Silicon Valley-based company halting sales for now of its health-related genetic test analysis. Speaking with MPMN ...
Tags: 23andme, FDA, regulatory tussle
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23andMe Says It Will Stop Selling Health-Related Genetic Test Analysis
Dec 6, 2013Under pressure from the FDA, 23andMe says it will stop selling health-related genetic test analysis until it has resolved its dispute with the federal regulatory agency. "We remain firmly committed to fulfilling our long-term mission to ...
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23andMe Halted All Marketing Last Week in Accordance with The FDA's Letter.
Dec 4, 2013More than a week after the FDA told 23andMe to stop marketing its Personal Genomic Service tests, the Mountain View, CA–based company says it is complying. "23andMe halted all marketing last week in accordance with the FDA’s ...
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FDA Is Telling 23andMe to Stop Marketing Its Personal Genomic Service Tests.
Nov 27, 2013Posted in Testing Services by Chris Newmarker on November 25, 2013 The FDA is telling 23andMe to stop marketing its Personal Genomic Service tests. The FDA’s move is but another sign that the regulator is increasingly concerned ...
Tags: 23andMe, DNA, Hit, FDA, warning letter
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Quest Diagnostics Launches Opioid Therapy Genetic Test Based on CYP450
Aug 15, 2013Diagnostic information services provider Quest Diagnostics has rolled out its new lab-developed genetic test to support the delivery of modified opioid pain-relieving treatment. It effectively tests for variants in all cytochrome P450 ...
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A New Breast Cancer Test Help Women Avoid Unnecessary Chemotherapy
Jul 4, 2013Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Queen Mary University of London have developed a new breast cancer test, dubbed as PAM50, to help women avoid unnecessary chemotherapy. The ...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy
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Medcan Clinic Has Entered Into a Collaboration Agreement with Pathway Genomics
Dec 14, 2012Medcan Clinic, a private health care clinic in Canada, has entered into a collaboration agreement with Pathway Genomics. Under the agreement, Pathway Genomics will allow Medcan's patients to use its Personal Genome Test. Using only a ...
Tags: Medcan Clinic, Pathway Genomics, collaboration agreement
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National Institutes of Health's National Center Awards $100,000 STTR
Aug 23, 2012National Institutes of Health's National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences has awarded $100,000 small business technology transfer program (STTR) Phase I grant to Transgenomic to develop a genetic test that can detect pancreatic ...
Tags: genetic test, ICE COLD-PCR, genetic information, Pancreatic Cancer Test
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