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“Cost of Discovery” 2-page feature article in San Diego Union-Tribune, July 2010
July 28, 2010
Laboratory researchers from Scripps Genomic Medicine, Drs. Samuel Levy and Sarah Shaw Murray study a broad variety of genes associated with disease and health. Recently in the San Diego Union-Tribune their laboratories were featured in an article describing the costs of operating a research lab.
Much of their work focuses on heart disease, cancer, diabetes and healthy aging. Their efforts recently helped lead Scripps Green Hospital to become the first medical center of its kind in the country to routinely screen coronary stent patients for gene variants that can hurt a person(tm)s ability to metabolize Plavix, an anti-clotting drug. Such testing is used to guide patient care.
Dr. Levy was the lead scientist on the sequencing of the complete genome of famed geneticist J. Craig Venter.
Dr. Murray came from San Diego-based Illumina, where she helped improve ways to conduct large-scale genetic studies.
Union-Tribune featured article on Laboratory Costs - Scripps Genomic Medicine
