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Jul 06, 2018

Reunification Testing Underway

Federal officials are using DNA testing to reunite migrant families separated at the southern US border, CNN reports.

Jul 05, 2018

Reported DNA Testing on Migrants Raises Questions, Concerns

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HHS may already be administering DNA testing to migrant families, but the agency has provided little information about how testing is being implemented.

Jun 21, 2018

DNA Tests Considered to Verify Relatedness at Border

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering using DNA tests to determine relatedness between adult and child migrants, the Daily Caller reports.

Jun 18, 2018

Theranos' Holmes Indicted

A federal grand jury has indicted Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh Balwani for alleged wire fraud in conjunction with their activities at Theranos.

May 18, 2018

DOJ Investigating Genomic Health for Compliance Issues With Medicare Billing Regulations

The company said it has produced documents in response to the government's civil investigative demand notice.

Apr 20, 2018

Biotheranostics Settles False Claims Allegations With DOJ for $2M

The DOJ alleged Biotheranosics promoted and performed its Breast Cancer Index test for  patients who had not been in remission for five years and who had not been taking tamoxifen.

May 15, 2017

OIG Tracking Fraud, Inappropriate Use Within Rapidly Growing Genetic Testing Industry

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With data analytics and more specific billing codes, the government has improved its ability to identify medically unnecessary genetic testing and other fraudulent activity.

Jul 15, 2016

Oh, Wrong Rate

Columbia University settles a civil fraud lawsuit that said it improperly used its on-campus indirect cost rate when seeking reimbursement for more than 400 grants.

Dec 31, 2015

Pathway Genomics to Pay $4M to Settle Kickback Allegations

The US Department of Justice sued the company for paying doctors to perform its genomic tests, and then obtaining government reimbursements.

Nov 03, 2014

Bio-Rad Resolves Foreign Corruption Investigation; Will Pay $55M to SEC, DOJ

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) — Bio-Rad Laboratories has resolved a US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into its violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act due to the company's subsidiaries having made improper payments to foreign officials in Russia, Vietnam, and Thailand in order to

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The Scan

The Preliminary Investigation

Chinese state news agency Xinhua reports that a preliminary investigation has found He Jiankui performed his gene-editing work illegally.

John Mendelsohn Dies

John Mendelsohn, a former president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has died, the New York Times reports.

Similar, But Not Quite the Same

Identical twins receive different estimates of ancestry from the same direct-to-consumer genetic testing firms, CBC reports.

This Week in PNAS

In PNAS this week: chromosomal features of maize, adaptations in the vinous-throated parrotbill, and more.

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