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An agenda for personalized medicine

Pauline C. Ng1, Sarah S. Murray2, Samuel Levy3 & J. Craig Venter1

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Pauline C. Ng, Sarah S. Murray, Samuel Levy and J. Craig Venter find differences in results from two direct-toconsumer genetics-testing companies. They therefore give nine recommendations to improve predictions.

Summary

  • For seven diseases, 50% or less of the predictions of two companies agreed across five individuals
  • Companies should communicate high risks better and test for drug response markers
  • Community should study markers in all ethnicities and look at behaviour after tests