[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] Gary Van Domselaar • November 17, 2000
    "Researchers on Sunday said they had identified mutations in three related genes that significantly increase the odds of a person getting heart attacks and developing diseased coronary arteries before Dr. Eric Topol, chairman of the department of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, said a commercial diagnostic test for the mutated genes could be available within two years and help doctors assess a person's hereditary risk of developing premature heart disease.

    Topol said his study was based on collaboration at 15 medical centers in the United States, the Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and gene-hunting biotech firm Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Massachusetts.

    Topol said Millennium had patented the mutant genes and would have commercial rights to any diagnostic tests based upon them. "

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