Genetic research service provider formed

First Genetic Trust (Chicago, Ill.) was formed to provide bioinformatics and data security services for genetic research studies. The company will conduct genotyping of patient samples obtained in clinical trials and will store resulting data in a secure "bank," which may be accessed via the internet by pharmaceutical companies and clinical research organizations only with informed consent by the individual patient for each specific application. First Genetic Trust will collect fees from companies and research institutions for those services. ...