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August 26, 2009

Senator Kennedy, a leader in the fight for genetic fairness

Julie Sevrens Lyons,

Health writer

Posted 07:07 PM PDT

imageAt Navigenics, we join our colleagues in the genetics, health, and life science worlds in honoring the life of Senator Ted Kennedy.

The senator was not only a tireless advocate for health issues, but a leader who embraced health innovation. Years ago, he recognized the growing importance of genetic technologies in our lives, and worked to help pass one of the most important recent laws protecting our genetic information, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimation Act, or GINA.

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