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Veracyte: Richard Kloos

Veracyte has promoted Richard Kloos to executive medical director, overseeing the company's global medical affairs in all clinical areas addressed by its genomic tests. Kloos previously served as senior medical director of endocrinology at Veracyte, which he joined in 2012. He was previously a professor of endocrinology and metabolism, and nuclear medicine at Ohio State University, and was attending physician at the OSU Comprehensive Care Center. He was also codirector of the OSU Thyroid Cancer Unit and served a four-year term as secretary and chief operating officer for the American Thyroid Association.

The Scan

Harvard Team Report One-Time Base Editing Treatment for Motor Neuron Disease in Mice

A base-editing approach restored SMN levels and improved motor function in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy, a new Science paper reports.

International Team Examines History of North American Horses

Genetic and other analyses presented in Science find that horses spread to the northern Rockies and Great Plains by the first half of the 17th century.

New Study Examines Genetic Dominance Within UK Biobank

Researchers analyze instances of genetic dominance within UK Biobank data, as they report in Science.

Cell Signaling Pathway Identified as Metastasis Suppressor

A new study in Nature homes in on the STING pathway as a suppressor of metastasis in a mouse model of lung cancer.