A study questioned the cost-effectiveness of the test in clinically low-risk women, but the firm stressed that a wealth of evidence continues to support its use under current guidelines.
Invitae and Tulane University researchers found 37 percent of patients with positive germline results were not covered by testing guidelines in place at the time.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has included two molecular diagnostics – Myriad Genetics' Prolaris and Genomic Health's Oncotype DX Prostate Cancer – in its most recent guidelines for the disease, noting that these two assays "appear further along in development a
An international commission is to develop a report on how researchers, clinicians, and regulators should evaluate the clinical applications of human germline genome editing.
In Genome Research this week: repetitive element deletion linked to altered methylation and more in form of muscular dystrophy; human contamination in draft bacterial and archaeal genomes; and more.
