GPPC's Plan for Mandatory Genetic Test Registry Includes All Health-related Diagnostics

Jul 08, 2009

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The Genetics and Public Policy Center at John's Hopkins University has put forth a plan for developing a mandatory, online registry for genetic tests that would list all health-related genetic tests and their providers, including laboratories, in vitro diagnostics developers, and direct-to-consumer personal genomics firms.

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