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Personalised medicine is set to revolutionise the manner in which patients are diagnosed and treated. It involves genetic testing and a consideration of an individual’s health risk factors and genetic information and tailoring medical treatment accordingly. Such testing could lead to quicker diagnosis and treatment, but it does not come cheaply. It is unclear whether…

The plaintiffs sued the defendant for the purchase price of a buffalo which died during an operation to test it for diseases as part of the sale.

It was found that a sale agreement had been concluded in which the defendant expressly agreed to assume the risk of death or injury to the buffalo arising…