A CLEARING HOUSE FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING: THE SOLUTION TO ENSURE ACCESS TO AND USE OF PATENTED GENETIC INVENTIONS?

A clearing house for diagnostic testing: the solution to ensure access to and use of patented genetic inventions?

In genetic diagnostics, the emergence of a so-called "patent thicket" is imminent.Such an overlapping set of patent rights may have restrictive effects on further research and development of diagnostic tests, and the provision of clinical diagnostic services.Currently, two models that may facilitate access to and use of patented genetic inventions

read more



High Dose Radiotherapy to Automated Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

We report a case of successful full-dose chemoradiotherapy to stage IIIB nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a 59-year-old man with extensive cardiac history and an automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) located within the radiotherapeutic field.In this case, the AICD was a St.Jude Medical Fortify Assura VR 1257-40Q ICD, and it wa

read more