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Popular genetic testing services can be misleading, inaccurate, and ethically questionable

Genetic testing used to be something that happened in a specialist clinic for those few families that had serious inherited conditions, like Huntington’s Disease or rare cancers. Now, new genetic tests called “polygenic risk scores” have increased access to genetic risk information for a wide range of conditions. дальше »

2019-7-27 10:00


Deadly Opioid Crisis Is The US Government’s Fault, Not Big Pharma’s

Suing Purdue Pharma for the opioid abuse epidemic is like suing McDonald’s for your obesity or diabetes. Reuters had the exclusive story about the opioid crisis Monday: “OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is exploring filing for bankruptcy to address potentially significant liabilities from roughly 2,000 lawsuits alleging the drug manufacturer contributed to the deadly opioid crisis sweeping the United States, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. дальше »

2019-3-5 01:05