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Perspective: The calculus of cures.
Robert Kocher and Bryan Roberts NEJM February, 2014
In 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 27 new drugs for marketing. Eight of these drugs are for rare diseases

Open window: when easily identifiable genomes and traits are in the public domain 
Angrist M PLoS One 2014;9(3):e92060

The shifting model in clinical diagnostics: how next-generation sequencing and families are altering the way rare diseases are discovered, studied, and treated. 
Matthew Might et al. Genetics in Medicine, March 20, 2014

Mutations explain poor showing of 2012 flu vaccine, by Declan Butler, Nature News, Mar 27

Blog post on leveraging resources to discover & validate biomarkers for early cancer detection, NCI Epidemiology, March 25, 2014  

Calls for more personalised breast cancer screening, PHG Foundation, Mar 24

Challenges to HBOC research enrollment: Competing cancer treatment studies, FORCE, Mar 24

Research funders outline steps to prevent re-identification of anonymised study participants,Wellcome Trust, Mar 24

We are all mutants: On the hunt for disease genes, researchers uncover humanity’s vast diversity  by Paul Voosen, Mar 24

The great FH debate: Reinforcing the fact that “time is plaque”,  by Seth Baum, Mar 24

Laying a solid foundation for Manhattan – ‘setting the functional basis for the post-GWAS era’. 
Xiaoyang Zhang et al. Trends in Genetics, March 22, 2014

Sudden death. Proposed EKG screening for student athletes spurs medical debate, by Laura Beil, Science News, Mar 21

Circulating tumor DNA: A new generation of cancer biomarkers, by Elizabeth Burke, National Human Genome Research Institute, Mar 20

‘Genetic revolution’ enters new phase with help from Watson, by Robert Darnell, Mar 19

Behavioral counseling research and evidence-based practice recommendations, USPSTF, Mar 18

More on big data training for the scientific workforce, by Sally Rockey , NIH Extramural nexus, Mar 18

Institute of Medicine: Conflict of interest and medical innovation: ensuring integrity while facilitating innovation in medical research, Workshop Summary, March 21, 2014

Genetics clinic of the future: The living room, by Alice Green, DNA Digest, Feb 2014