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Medical genetics set for boost

RIGHT TREATMENTBarack Obama is interested in the role that personalized medicine could play as an element of changes in the US health care system

AP , WASHINGTON

“Right now they really don’t communicate very well, and they have different agendas. The federal government is not coordinated around removing the barriers to personalized medicine,” he said.

His group represents university research centers, industry and patients.

Obama’s legislation would create an interagency group to coordinate the policies of federal agencies whose decisions have an impact on the issue. Kennedy also would direct Medicare to set a fixed policy for coverage of genetic tests and treatments.

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