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From Genomics & Health Impact Scan Database

This database includes published scientific literature on evidence-based translation of genomic discoveries into improved health care and disease prevention that have a potential impact on population health.

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• Familial hypercholesterolemia: The common, inherited cause of heart disease rarely talked about,  
  by Amy Sturm, National Society of Genetic Counselors, September 24, 2015
• The effect of genetic test-based risk information on behavioral outcomes: A critical examination of failed trials and a call to action.  
  Austin Jehannine et al. Am. J. Med. Genet. A 2015 Aug 18.
• A Critical Need for Clinical Context in the Genomic Era.  
  MacRae Calum A et al. Circulation 2015 Aug 14.
• Developing Medicines That Mimic the Natural Successes of the Human Genome: Lessons From NPC1L1, HMGCR, PCSK9, APOC3, and CETP.  
  Kathiresan Sekar et al. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2015 Apr 21. 65(15) 1562-6
• Key to the heart - unlocking the genetics of heart disease may be complicated but not impossible,  
  by Charlotte Huff, Genome

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