Technology Review: Gene-Testing Machine for Doctors

This semi-new device allows doctors to screen patients’ blood for genetic indications which will help in making decisions about prescriptions.  In a matter of hours your physician can know whether the DNA in your blood sample contains genetic variations which might dampen the effects of certain drugs.  Better to know in the office, rather than days later when you’re suffering from side-effects or, more likely, getting nothing from the medicine you’ve been taking for days or weeks at high prescription prices…

Technology Review: Gene-Testing Machine for Doctors.