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Thursday, 1 November 2012
Privately Owned Genetic Databases May Hinder Diagnosis And Bar The Way To The Arrival Of Personalized Medicine
In response to the on-line publication by the European Journal of Human Genetics of an article by US researchers led by Dr. Robert Cook-Degan, a former member of the US Office of Technology Assessment, showing that Myriad Genetics, providers of the BRCA1/2 genetic test in the US, has amassed vast quantities of clinical data without sharing it, Professor Martina Cornel, chair of the European Society of Human Genetics' Professional and Public Policy committee, said: "We are very concerned that such important data is being withheld from those who most need it...
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