Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Breast cancer gene testing set to become cheaper and easier

Silicon Valley company Color Genomics looking to make testing more widely available with a mail-in gene testing kit that costs $249

Testing for genetic breast cancer risk factors could change dramatically as a Silicon Valley startup introduces inexpensive mail-in gene tests.

The announcement comes as two major lab corporations announced the creation of a database to help researchers refine knowledge about the level of risk presented by certain genes.

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