When evaluating the potential of clinical genomics, a lot of attention is rightly focused on the challenges of interpretation, and the need for more phenotypes to power statistically-driven interpretation of clinically relevant variants. But another challenge exists...
The challenges faced by oncologists in using biomarker-based tests were underlined in a recent article by Dr. Marcus Neubauer in OncLive. In recent posts in this blog I have focused on the challenges of interpreting genomic data, but Dr. Neubauer emphasizes two...
FDA and CMS have just announced that the agencies are forming a joint task force to explore “areas where collaboration may realize greater oversight efficiency and produce the greatest benefit to patients, providers, and laboratories.” This is a laudable...
A new method for prognosing ovarian cancer was recently described by researchers from the University of Utah. While I am particularly interested in precision medicine developments for ovarian cancer, as it is an especially under-served disease, I am not...
An interesting recent article in Genetic Engineering News describes the challenges of making sense of biomarkers of unknown relevance that surface from whole genome sequencing (WGS). Such biomarkers are becoming common enough that there is even a name for them: the...
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