IBM Calls on Congress to Act on Genetic Non-Discrimination Legislation

The interplay between genetic predisposition and exposure to modifiable risk factors can multiply the risk for age-related macular degeneration, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Transinsight GmbH enters into a three year collaboration with the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden in the area of knowledge-based image analysis.

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