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Cochlear Implant Outcomes Linked to Type of Genetic Diagnosis for Childhood Hearing Loss

Data from more than 400 families affected by childhood-onset hearing loss indicated that specific genes and variants can provide prognostic clues, including success of cochlear implants.

UK's NICE to Accelerate Assessment of Genedrive Test

NICE plans to assess Genedrive's MT-RNR1 test for antibiotics-induced hearing loss in infants via a new program.

ACMG Issues Updated Practice Guidelines for Hearing Loss Evaluations

The update provides recommendations on how to approach genetic testing for individuals suspected of having syndromic or nonsyndromic hearing loss.

UK Study Supports Clinical Adoption of Genedrive Newborn Hearing Loss Test Within NHS
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The assay and point-of-care device were implemented in a trial in cooperation with clinical partners based at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

Orphan Gene Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorder Characterized by Hearing Loss

Through a sequencing screen of patients, researchers identified biallelic variants in SPATA5L1 that were associated with hearing loss, intellectual disability, and epilepsy.

Sep 15, 2021

Sensorion, Sonova Partner for €7M Hearing Loss Genotyping Study

Jul 13, 2021

Genedrive Expects CE-IVD Mark for POC SARS-CoV-2 Test by Fall; Advances Hearing Loss, HCV Assays
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Jan 29, 2021

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

Aug 26, 2020

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

Jul 7, 2020

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

Jan 27, 2020

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

Sep 27, 2019

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

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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Self-Reported Hearing Loss in Older Adults Begins Very Early in Life, Study Says

A JAMA Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery study says polygenic risk scores associated with hearing loss in older adults is also associated with hearing decline in younger groups.

Genome-Wide Analysis Sheds Light on Genetics of ADHD

A genome-wide association study meta-analysis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder appearing in Nature Genetics links 76 genes to risk of having the disorder.

MicroRNA Cotargeting Linked to Lupus

A mouse-based study appearing in BMC Biology implicates two microRNAs with overlapping target sites in lupus.

Enzyme Involved in Lipid Metabolism Linked to Mutational Signatures

In Nature Genetics, a Wellcome Sanger Institute-led team found that APOBEC1 may contribute to the development of the SBS2 and SBS13 mutational signatures in the small intestine.