Association of American Medical Colleges: Personalized Medicine is Coming, But Who Will Have Access to It?
March 09, 2024
March 09, 2024
WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Association of American Medical Colleges issued the following news:
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By Bridget Balch, Staff Writer
In the mid-1990s, researchers identified two gene mutations that are key to predicting genetic susceptibility to breast cancer: BRCA1 and BRCA2. In 1996, the BRCA1/2 mutation screening became the first genetic test (https://www.nature.com/articles/gim200320) for cancer risk available as a clinical service.
This gen . . .
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By Bridget Balch, Staff Writer
In the mid-1990s, researchers identified two gene mutations that are key to predicting genetic susceptibility to breast cancer: BRCA1 and BRCA2. In 1996, the BRCA1/2 mutation screening became the first genetic test (https://www.nature.com/articles/gim200320) for cancer risk available as a clinical service.
This gen . . .