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Devices: A New Paradigm for Health Care  By: Rados, Carol | FDA
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Devices: A New Paradigm for Health Care  Rados, Carol, FDA
Consumer  Imagine that a swipe of the inside cheek or a stick of
the little finger could be used to predict whether or not
certain types of cancer may be in your future. Theoretically,
both can. Thanks to the advances in genetics, and with the
clearance by the Food and Drug Administration of a growing list
of genetic diagnostic testing devices, doctors are beginning to
understand how certain diseases, or increased risks for certain
diseases, pass from generation to generation.  The Tag-It Cystic
Fibrosis Kit is one such device. Cleared for marketing in May
2005, Tag-It finds genetic variations in what scientists now
know is the gene that causes cystic fibrosis--the most common
fatal genetic disease in th