Longstanding Genetic Testing Website GeneTests Closing

Nov 22, 2017

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The medical genetics information resource GeneTests.org will close on Dec. 1.

"There are now other non-lab affiliated resources available that collect the same data," Opko, the parent company of Bio-Reference Laboratories, said in a statement. "So, as a clinical diagnostic laboratory, it was felt unnecessary to continue this effort."

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