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Feb 17, 2016

U of Chicago Researchers Discover Novel Polymorphisms Associated With VTE in African Americans

The research team found three novel polymorphisms on chromosome 20 associated with an increased risk of blood clots in populations of African descent.

Mar 12, 2015

Meta-Analysis Implicates Two New Loci in Venous Thromboembolism

Data from a dozen GWAS led researchers to venous thromboembolism-associated variants in the TSPAN15 and SLC44A2 genes.

Dec 28, 2011

JAMA Study Questions Need for Genotype Testing for Clopidogrel

By a GenomeWeb staff reporter

Jun 21, 2011

FDA Declines Clearance of Nanosphere PMA for Plavix Metabolism Test

Nanosphere said that it believes the deficiencies cited in the letter from the FDA are resolvable, and it believes that the test will ultimately gain clearance from the agency.

Jun 21, 2011

Correction: Mayo Clinic, Rheonix Partner to Evaluate Warfarin Test

Rheonix plans to seek 510(k) clearance of the test from the FDA in the fourth quarter.

Sep 02, 2010

New Data on CYP2C19 Loss-of-Function Alleles Questions Impact of Plavix PGx Testing

Premium

Findings in a NEJM study this week challenged previously reported data that alleles in the CYP2C19 gene can limit how certain carriers of the polymorphisms respond to Plavix.

The Scan

An Expensive Deal

While gene therapies may have high price tags, they could be cheaper than the cost of managing disease, according to MIT's Technology Review.

Figuring Out Who It'll Work For

Researchers are looking for markers that indicate which cancer patients may respond to immunotherapies, the Associated Press writes.

This Week in Nature

In Nature this week: paternal age associated with de novo mutations in children, and more.

Ye Old P-Value

Nature News writes that researchers are still wrangling over the role of the p-value.

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