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Molecular Diagnostics in Personalized Medicine At least direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising keeps doctors in the loop. That's more than can be said of direct-to-consumer genetic testing. DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER GENETIC TESTING: WILL IT GO AWAY? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 DTCs, which are heavily marketed by the companies that create them, have created controversy among healthcare professionals. AT THE HEART OF THE MATTER: THE GENOMICS UNDERLYING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 In order to understand the impact of genetic testing on CVD diagnosis and treatment, it's important to examine the associated genetic complexities. MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY'S CONTEXTUAL CUES . . . . . . . . .16 Disease doesn't have to play as tragedy-not if the cues directing the molecular players are understood in time, before the pathologic plot thickens. Regular Features CASE STUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Decision-Making Tools in Rheumatoid Arthritis RA treatments pose challenges due to wide variation in patient response; therefore more complex individualized diagnostic decision-making tools are required. NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Cover illustration: DepositPhotos/ Julia_Tim (modified by Clinical OMICs) Above (top): iStock/lovleah Above (bottom): PerkinElmer www.clinicalomics.com NEW PRODUCTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 MEETING ROUNDUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 September 2015 Clinical OMICs 3 https://twitter.com/ClinicalOMICs https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXBPPWZv--Ne4NfAUHcc8hg http://www.clinicalomics.com

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