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Clinical Data Launches Pharmacogenetic Test for Clozapine-Induced Agranulocytosis on Schedule
Clinical Data’s PGxPredict:CLOZAPINE™ test will aid physicians in determining patients’ risk for developing agranulocytosis.

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New Mexico Tech and NCGR Join to Create the New Mexico Genome Sequencing Center
The State of New Mexico has provided $600,000 in funding to establish the Center, which will be located at NCGR in Santa Fe.

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New Report Finds Little Evidence to Determine the Usefulness of Genetic Tests in the Treatment of Depression
This evidence report is the first step in the two-step process of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention pilot project.

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Stem Cell Activity Deciphered in the Aging Brain
Scientists say finding made in rodents refutes current ideas on how long crucial "progenitor" stem cells persist in the aging brain.

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New Brain Imaging Compound Shows Promise for Earlier Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
The compound developed by UCLA, called FDDNP, holds promise as a research tool to evaluate treatments for Alzheimer's.

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Duke Integrative Medicine Opens a Center Dedicated to Treating the Whole Person
The facility will operate as a living laboratory to explore and demonstrate models of care by offering patients an approach to treat the whole person.

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Scientists Find new way to Search for Origin of Life
Researchers has developed protocols and procedures for adapting DNA microarray technology to identify molecule/mineral pairs.

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Two of the World's Top Geneticists are Coming to Miami
Dr. Margaret Pericak-Vance and Dr. Jeffery Vance of Duke University, are coming to Miami.

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King's Scientists Submit Stem Cell Research Licence Application
The licence, if granted, will boost research into neurological diseases.

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Researchers Find Gene Linked with Mental Illness Shapes Brain Region
People carrying two SERT-s genes are sensitive to emotional stimuli.
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