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Supreme court vacates ruling on BRCA gene patent!
As Reeves alluded to in his post about the Mayo personalized medicine case, the Supreme Court just vacated the lower court’s ruling in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics (No. 11-725). The case has been sent back down to the Federal … Continue reading
Sunday data/statistics link roundup (3/25)
The psychologist whose experiment didn’t replicate then went off on the scientists who did the replication experiment is at it again. I don’t see a clear argument about the facts of the matter in his post, just more name calling. … Continue reading
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Some thoughts from Keith Baggerly on the recently released IOM report on translational omics
Shortly after the Duke trial scandal broke, the Institute of Medicine convened a committee to write a report on translational omics. Several statisticians (including one of our interviewees) either served on the committee or provided key testimony. The report came out yesterday. Nature, Nature Medicine, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Baggerly, FDA, IOM, personalized medicine, reproducibility
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Supreme court unanimously rules against personalized medicine patent!
Just a few minutes ago the Supreme Court released their decision in the Mayo case, see here for the Simply Statistics summary of the case. The court ruled unanimously that the personalized medicine test could not be patented. Such a … Continue reading
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The Supreme Court's interpretation of statistical correlation may determine the future of personalized medicine
Summary/Background The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in the case Mayo Collaborative Services vs. Prometheus Laboratories (No 10-1150). At issue is a patent Prometheus Laboratories holds for making decisions about the treatment of disease on the basis of … Continue reading
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Tagged Editorial, personalized medicine, statistical literacy, supreme court
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