In his State of the Union address last week, Obama gave a big nod to genetic testing. He announced a “Precision Medicine Initiative” that will “bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes and to give all of us access to the personalized information we need to keep ourselves and our families healthier.” “Precision medicine” is the latest term for medical treatments that are customized with the help of genetics, and, according to some people, Obama’s FDA is about to kill precision medicine while it is still in its cradle.
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