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Veracyte Launches Early-Access Program for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Test

May 17, 2018
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Veracyte today said it has launched an early-access program for its Envisia Genomic Classifier test for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The test uses RNA sequencing and machine learning to analyze 190 genes involved in usual interstitial pneumonia, a feature of IPF, with 88 percent specificity and 70 percent sensitivity.

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