Ending Diagnostic Odysseys the Wisconsin Way

March 24, 2011

March 24, 2011 | Howard Jacob began his scientific career studying the genetics of rats with Broad Institute director Eric Lander, but for the past several years he has been telling anyone who will listen that genomic sequencing will reach the clinic by about 2014. His colleagues responded dismissively: “It will be a long time before we use genomic sequencing in the clinic—and no-one will ever pay for it,” they kept telling Jacob.It turns out they were all wrong. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, clinical sequencing has already arrived. Even more remarkably, insurance companies are (in some cases) offering reimbursement. Read more at NGS Leaders...