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Healthcare Stakeholders Ask CMS Not to Limit Access to NGS Hereditary Cancer Risk Tests

The diversity of the organizations that have signed the letter to CMS demonstrates widespread concern over this policy.

CMS Holding Off Market-Based Payment for Labs Until 2018; Tweaks Criteria for Labs Reporting Pricing

CMS gave labs an additional year to gear up for the implementation of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 and clarified key programmatic definitions.

Amid Competing LDT Regulatory Proposals, Common Ground but Key Disagreements for Congress to Consider
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Multiple legislative proposals before Congress show regulation of lab-developed tests remains divisive within the life sciences community.

People in the News: Kapa Biosystems Adds New Managers; Cepheid's Bishop to Chair AdvaMedDx Board
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Kapa Biosystems said this week that it has added four new managers as part of the company's expansion, which included moving and in

People in the News: John Bishop, Robert Greczyn
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AdvaMedDx announced this week that it has elected John Bishop, CEO of Cepheid, as the new chair of its board of directors. Before joining Cepheid in 2002, he was CEO and president of Vysis.
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Genes Linked to White-Tailed Jackrabbits' Winter Coat Color Change

Climate change, the researchers noted in Science, may lead to camouflage mismatch and increase predation of white-tailed jackrabbits.

Adenine Base Editor Targets SCID Mutation in New Study

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, report in Cell that adenine base editing was able to produce functional T lymphocytes in a model of severe combined immune deficiency.

Researchers Find Gene Affecting Alkaline Sensitivity in Plants

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Science have found a locus affecting alkaline-salinity sensitivity, which could aid in efforts to improve crop productivity, as they report in Science.

International Team Proposes Checklist for Returning Genomic Research Results

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics present a checklist to guide the return of genomic research results to study participants.