A delicate question
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Identigene is a company that offers DNA testing, for example in cases of disputed paternity. The company is expanding rapidly and advertising through billboards. There is some concern that genetic tests could be marketed prior to their having been properly developed, and that information could be given to people who are unprepared to receive it. Funding from commercial enterprises can help with research, so there are advances made from the commercialization of these processes.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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Computer clinics
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Home medical tests and references on home diagnosis are becoming more popular as patients try to avoid the high costs of seeing a doctor. A new computer service which is purchased by doctors to help patients learn about their treatments costs $8000 from Sony Medicine.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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Pointless
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Bioject Medical Systems Inc invented the needleless injection machine decades ago but the original machines were large and difficult to regulate. Bioject's new machine, the Biojector, is less cumbersome and has finer control, but it is expensive at $1,000.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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