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Invitae, Decibel Therapeutics Launch Free Testing Program for Congenital Hearing Loss

Qualifying children will have free access to Invitae's Comprehensive Deafness Panel, which assesses multiple genes linked to syndromic and non-syndromic deafness.

Sequencing Could Augment Other Newborn Screening Approaches, NC NEXUS Study Finds

Sequencing-based newborn screening could not identify all children with metabolic disorders or hearing loss, but could interrogate a larger number of conditions.

Sequencing Study Reveals Role of RIPOR2 Mutation in Adult-Onset Hearing Loss

A study of families from the Netherlands 

UK Newborn Trial to Assess PCR Test for Antibiotic-Induced Hearing Loss

The pharmacogenetic test, which runs on a platform from British company Genedrive, will be tested in two neonatal intensive care units in Manchester and Liverpool.

Hearing Loss GWAS of UK Biobank Samples Implicates More Than 40 Loci

The researchers conducted genome-wide association studies of individuals who reported hearing difficulties and those who used hearing aids.

Aug 23, 2019

Genedrive Prepping for UK Commercial Launch of PGx Test for Neonatal Hearing Loss
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Jun 12, 2019

BGI Genomics Continues to Grow Clinical Testing Business, Add Partnerships
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Nov 30, 2018

FDA Clears Meridian Bioscience's Newborn Cytomegalovirus Test

Oct 19, 2018

ASHG: Australian Newborn WES Project Combines Hearing Loss Dx With Optional Secondary Results

Aug 23, 2018

U of Miami Medicine Wins $3M NIH Grant for Hearing Loss Genetics Research

Jun 20, 2018

Genedrive Receives UK NIHR Grant for Antibiotic-Related Hearing Loss Assay

Apr 11, 2018

Newborn Screening for Hearing Loss Might Benefit From Genomic Testing
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Jun 20, 2016

Genetic Newborn Screen IDs Children With Progressive Hearing Loss That Conventional Screen Missed

Feb 9, 2015

GWAS Unearths Loci Linked to Hearing Loss Risk After Cisplatin Chemotherapy

Feb 9, 2012

Quark Still Sees IPO as a Possibility as Phase II Trials Near Completion
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Jun 15, 2011

Partners HealthCare Center's LMM to Introduce Clinical Whole-Genome Sequencing Interpretation Service in 2012
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Nov 16, 2010

Targeted High-Throughput Sequencing Used for Hereditary Hearing Loss Genetic Testing

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