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Geisinger MyCode Study Reveals Prevalence of Somatic Variants Linked to Rare Syndrome
Using exome sequence data for more than 163,000 Geisinger MyCode participants, researchers looked for variants in UBA1 that have been linked to VEXAS syndrome.
NIH Commits $4.8M in Grant Funding for All of Us Data Analysis, Related Tools
The NIH said the funds will be used to support the analysis of data from the All of Us Research Program, as well as for the development of related tools and methods.
Aided by COVID-19 Funding, Firms Continued Developing Handheld Diagnostic Instruments in 2022
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The lightweight, portable instruments coming onto the market employ promise to deliver test results closer to patients, potentially hastening treatments.
President Biden Signs Spending Bill, Boosting NIH, CDC, and FDA Budgets
The bill includes funding for medical device cybersecurity, health disparity research, and antibiotic resistance research, among other initiatives.
The All of Us Research Program began releasing ancestry and other nonclinical genetic results to participants in 2020 but will now return disease risk and PGx reports.