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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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• 23andMe Will Now Test for BRCA Breast-Cancer Genes It's the first FDA-authorized genetic-cancer-risk test available without a doctor's note.  
  S Zhang, The Atlantic, Mar 6, 2018
• FDA approves new direct to consumer genetic test for 3 BRCA mutations  
  FORCE, Mar 6, 2018
• FDA authorizes, with special controls, direct-to-consumer test that reports three mutations in the BRCA breast cancer genes,  
  FDA, March 6, 2018
• FDA approves olaparib for germline BRCA-mutated metastatic breast cancer  
  FDA, Jan 12, 2018
• The risk of unjustified BRCA testing after the "Angelina Jolie effect": how can we save (laboratory) medicine from the Internet?  
  Lippi Giuseppe et al. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine 2017 Jul

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