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UCSF Artificial Kidney Project Tapped for Accelerated FDA Program


[Newswise] A UCSF-led effort to create an implantable artificial kidney for dialysis patients has been selected as one of the first projects to undergo more timely and collaborative review at the Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA announced today (April 9) that it had chosen three renal device projects to pilot a new regulatory approval program called [...]

Soon, $1,000 Will Map Your Genes .


[WSJ] The quest to harness the power of DNA to develop personalized medicine is on the threshold of a major milestone: the $1,000 genome sequencing.
Life Technologies Corp., a Carlsbad, Calif., genomics company, plans to introduce Tuesday a machine it says will be able to map an individual’s entire genetic makeup for $1,000 by the end [...]