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23andMe, Morehouse School of Medicine Team Up on Sickle Cell Carrier Awareness

The MSM community will be screened for the HbS variant, and those with sickle cell trait will receive counseling from the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia.

Genetic Study of Feral Dogs Near Chernobyl Power Plant Reveals Complex Structure

The findings and subsequent studies could help to understand the genetic health effects of exposure to long-term, low-dose ionizing radiation and other contaminants.

Imagene Labs, Kalbe Partner for Genetic Risk Tests

Kalbe is launching two new tests that employ ancestry-based genetic risk scoring technology developed by Imagene Labs in Singapore.

Space Radiation Shows Limited Effects on Mammalian Sperm DNA, Fertility

A team from Japan tracked genetic and fertility features in freeze-dried mouse sperm samples stored in space for several years, along with pups produced from them.

DNA-Based Screening, Effective Clinical Care Must Be Combined to Improve Health, ACMG Says

The organization has released guidance on the use of DNA-based screening in an effort to show how it can be used to improve population health.

May 27, 2020

Illumina, Genomic Medicine Sweden to Evaluate Sequencing-Based Leukemia Diagnostics

May 21, 2020

Australian Team Developing Saliva-Based Assay for HPV-Driven Oropharyngeal Cancer
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Mar 12, 2020

DIAMONDS Project Using New Classification Approach to Develop Rapid Infectious Disease Tests
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Jan 7, 2020

Clinical Investigators Validating Mouth Swab PCR Test for TB
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Nov 14, 2019

Linear Diagnostics Lands £2M Investment

Nov 6, 2019

U of Vermont Health Network Launches DNA Risk Screening Pilot Program

Aug 15, 2019

Actionable Mutation Analysis Reveals Germline Risk in Older CRC Patients

Dec 5, 2018

Cancer Methylation May Produce Easily Assayed Changes to DNA Polymer Properties

Nov 1, 2018

PerkinElmer, Precipio Collaborate On Liquid Biopsy Testing

Jul 10, 2018

Agena Bioscience, Dian Diagnostics Ink Deal Targeting China

Jun 29, 2018

Bionano Genomics Seeks to Raise $34.5M in IPO

Feb 28, 2018

Cardiomyopathy Genetic Tests Work Better in White Patients Than Other Ethnicities

Dec 14, 2017

International Team Publishes Prostate Cancer Genetic Testing, Counseling Consensus Guidelines

Oct 19, 2017

Retinoblastoma Surveillance Guidelines Include Genetic Testing, Counseling in Risk Stratification

Oct 17, 2017

PlumCare Partners With PBKM FamiCord to Offer DNA Testing Service in Poland

Oct 3, 2017

Roche to Initiate Blood Sample Screening for Babesia Under IND

Mar 23, 2016

DNA Diagnostics Center Acquires All About Truth DNA Services

Sep 16, 2015

Memorial Sloan Kettering, Illumina Partner on Research Studies of ctDNA

Aug 4, 2015

California Precision Medicine Effort Awards $2.4M to Pediatric Cancer, Infectious Disease Projects

Apr 4, 2013

Life Tech to Distribute LGC Forensic DNA Analysis System as Firms Eye Field-Based Testing Products
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RNA Editing in Octopuses Seems to Help Acclimation to Shifts in Water Temperature

A paper in Cell reports that octopuses use RNA editing to help them adjust to different water temperatures.

Topical Compound to Block EGFR Inhibitors May Ease Skin Toxicities, Study Finds

A topical treatment described in Science Translational Medicine may limit skin toxicities seen with EGFR inhibitor therapy.

Dozen Genetic Loci Linked to Preeclampsia Risk in New GWAS

An analysis of genome-wide association study data in JAMA Cardiology finds genetic loci linked to preeclampsia that have ties to blood pressure.

Cancer Survival Linked to Mutational Burden in Pan-Cancer Analysis

A pan-cancer paper appearing in JCO Precision Oncology suggests tumor mutation patterns provide clues for predicting cancer survival that are independent of other prognostic factors.