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May 15, 2010

Home Genetic Tests May Need FDA Approval

Ever wonder how likely you are to get cancer? Or perhaps you are worried about passing on heart disease to your children? This week, Walgreens Co. was expected to begin selling take-home kits that would enable people to do just that without stepping foot in a doctor's office.

By Mandy Jackson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Ever wonder how likely you are to get cancer? Or perhaps you are worried about passing on heart disease to your children?

This week, Walgreens Co. was expected to begin selling take-home kits that would enable people to answer those questions without stepping foot in a doctor's office. But just after Pathway Genomics announced it would sell its Insight Saliva Collection Kit in sto...

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