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Researchers Hope PharmCAT Tool Will Help Improve Clinical Implementation of Pharmacogenomics
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The Pharmacogenomics Clinical Annotation Tool interprets variants from sequencing or genotyping tests and generates a report to inform prescribing decisions.

Pharmacogenetic Variant Reporting May Increase Utility of Clinical Exome But Barriers Exist
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NHGRI researchers showed that they were able to extract more useful pharmacogenetic information from exome data than from current chip data. 

Pharmacogenomic Incidental Findings in Exome, Genome Data May Be Clinically Useful
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Two research teams found potentially useful PGx variants in more than 1,000 participants in the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program, as well as in a handful of ClinSeq participants.

NIH Awards $14M to Stanford, St. Jude's Researchers to Examine Genetics of Drug Response

The funds will be used to expand the PharmGKB database and support the activities of the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium.

Vanderbilt's PREDICT Program Adds PGx Testing for Transplant Rejection Drug
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Originally published Sept. 10.