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Despite glacial progress, US government signals support for personalized medicine

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Whether and how far FDA will move toward regulating diagnostic tests that guide therapy remains to be seen.

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Fox, J. Despite glacial progress, US government signals support for personalized medicine. Nat Biotechnol 25, 489–490 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0507-489

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