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Illumina, Israel Ministry of Health to Pilot Genome Sequencing for Diagnosing Critically Ill Infants

Illumina is providing the program with DNA PCR-free library preparation reagents and NovaSeq 6000 sequencing reagents for 125 trios, or 375 total samples.  

Israeli Testing Firm GGA Rolls out Array-Based Cancer Gene Resequencing Service
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Galil Genetic Analysis recently began offering its OncoGenetics RDMGGA 1.0 Re-sequencing Chip as a service to its customers in Israel, according to the company's CEO.

Israeli Health Ministry to Subsidize Chromosomal Microarray Analysis for High-risk Pregnancies
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The Israeli government has decided to make microarray-based prenatal genetic testing available to its citizens for free.

TessArae Partners with Israeli Testing Firm GGA to Design Cancer-Resequencing Chip
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The partnership is one of several for TessArae, which has traditionally served the infectious disease-testing market, but has recently begun offering services to genetic disease-testing firms.
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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.