Comments on: DNA Quote of the Day: Dr. Sharon Krag http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/07/13/dna-quote-of-the-day-dr-sharon-krag/ How will it change your life? Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:56:21 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hsien http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/07/13/dna-quote-of-the-day-dr-sharon-krag/comment-page-1/#comment-2377 Hsien Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:19:49 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/07/13/dna-quote-of-the-day-dr-sharon-krag/#comment-2377 <p>Actually, there are personalized medicines already available, i.e., warfarin (blood thinner) doses can be more precisely determined depending on a person's genotype and tamoxifen may prevent cancer in some BRCA mutation carriers.</p> Actually, there are personalized medicines already available, i.e., warfarin (blood thinner) doses can be more precisely determined depending on a person’s genotype and tamoxifen may prevent cancer in some BRCA mutation carriers.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/07/13/dna-quote-of-the-day-dr-sharon-krag/comment-page-1/#comment-2371 David Bradley Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:29:20 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2007/07/13/dna-quote-of-the-day-dr-sharon-krag/#comment-2371 "In the next few years"? Is that five, ten, fifteen? I'm always wary of generic claims of medical breakthroughs on some unspecified timescale. Certainly, there will be genetic testing for specific mutations some time soon, but will the therapeutics have caught up with the analytics by then? db “In the next few years”? Is that five, ten, fifteen? I’m always wary of generic claims of medical breakthroughs on some unspecified timescale. Certainly, there will be genetic testing for specific mutations some time soon, but will the therapeutics have caught up with the analytics by then?

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