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Papers
- Efforts to Treat Diseases from Genome Research Results Are Frustrated (New York Times)
"As more people have their entire genomes decoded, the roots of genetic disease may eventually be understood, but at this point there is no guarantee that treatments will follow. If each common disease is caused by a host of rare genetic variants, it may not be susceptible to drugs." 06-10
- Genetic Testing and the Law (ABC News)
"A Connecticut woman claims she was fired despite years of glowing reports by her employer after she told them she had tested positive for the breast cancer gene and would undergo a double mastecomy as a preventative measure." 04-10
- Tiny Photonic Implants Could Lead to New Treatments for Cancer and Mental Disorders (ScienceDaily)
"A new study describes how researchers wirelessly controlled FGFR1 -- a gene that plays a key role in how humans grow from embryos to adults -- in lab-grown brain tissue. The ability to manipulate the gene, the study's authors say, could lead to new cancer treatments, and ways to prevent and treat mental disorders such as schizophrenia." 07-19
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