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CDC Wastewater Surveillance Shifts to Public Health Labs With Planned Digital PCR Pathogen Panels
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will support dPCR platforms from Qiagen and Bio-Rad, as well as sequencing-based variant surveillance.

CDC Grants Could Indicate Shift Toward More Federal Funds for Public Health Lab Construction
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The agency announced last month that it provided $175 million to seven states and localities to either build, expand, or renovate public health laboratory space.

Labs Home in on SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant
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The Association of Public Health Laboratories is directing member labs to focus sequencing efforts on S-gene dropouts for the next week.

FDA to Harmonize COVID-19 Data with New Terminology Codes

The agency plans to work with a number of partners to develop codes that will describe tests and results to standardize data collection.

Coronavirus Testing Delays Yield New Oversight Bill, Shine Light on LDT Regulation Debate

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UK Team Presents Genetic, Epigenetic Sequencing Method

Using enzymatic DNA preparation steps, researchers in Nature Biotechnology develop a strategy for sequencing DNA, along with 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, on existing sequencers.

DNA Biobank Developed for French Kidney Donors, Recipients

The KiT-GENIE biobank described in the European Journal of Human Genetics contains DNA samples, genotyping profiles, immune patterns, and clinical features for thousands of kidney donors or transplant recipients in Nantes, France.

Cardiometabolic Disease May Have Distinct Associations With Microbial Metabolites in Blood, Gut

By analyzing gut microbes in combination with related metabolites in feces and blood, researchers in Nature Communications found distinct cardiometabolic disease relationships at each site.

Study Reveals New Details About Genetics of Major Cause of Female Infertility

Researchers in Nature Medicine conducted a whole-exome sequencing study of mote than a thousand patients with premature ovarian insufficiency.