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Crunch time for multiple-gene tests

Sophisticated new genetic tests face an uncertain future — unless they can win clear-cut approval from regulators, insurers and, most importantly, doctors. Virginia Gewin reports.

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Crunch time for multiple-gene tests. Nature 445, 354–355 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/445354a

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