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Diagnostics World News Brief | The American Society of Human Genetics, along with several co-signing organizations, issued a position statement today outlining whether, and to what extent, there is a responsibility to recontact genetic and genomic research participants.
Apr 4, 2019
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Diagnostics World News Brief | The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Day One Fund, launched by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, have teamed up to donate $15 million to the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) in support of its Diagnostics Accelerator research program. This latest donation brings the total program funding to $50 million since its launch in July 2018.
Apr 3, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | Imagine a future in which polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is viewed as old-fashioned. In the meantime, researchers generate billions of copies of the sequence of interest in order to carry out experiments and procedures in fields like molecular biology, evolutionary biology, and medical diagnostics.
Apr 3, 2019
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Diagnostics World News Brief | The world's first genetic test for Huntington's disease using nanopore-based DNA sequencing technology is now available at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Apr 2, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | March featured news, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including Vela, Ortho, UC Berkley, and more.
Apr 1, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | As several diagnostics advances have found their footing in AI, researchers have been able to churn out massive amounts of data. However, results have revealed challenges in scaling up analysis. At the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference in San Francisco, a multidisciplinary cadre of thought leaders tackled this issue, sharing their latest applications of these technologies to large-scale data to streamline diagnostics.
Mar 28, 2019
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Diagnostics World | Molecular diagnostics is a field overdue for disruptive technologies. Recent developments in mass spectrometry provide opportunities to more effectively and systematically gain insight on protein levels in biological fluids.
Mar 27, 2019
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Diagnostics World News Brief | CareDx today announced that it has filed a patent infringement suit against Natera in the United States District Court for Delaware.
Mar 26, 2019
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Diagnostics World | At most provider organizations today, radiology reports are static, plain-text documents with the formatting pizzazz of a 1980s newspaper. The potential to improve communication is behind a movement at the University of Virginia Health System to popularize the use of interactive, multimedia radiology reports where “a picture is worth a thousand words.”
Mar 22, 2019
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Forbes | The gene editing technology CRISPR, which has already spawned several startups aiming to use the tool to develop new therapies, is now the inspiration for a new company in a less-crowded space: diagnostic testing.
Mar 21, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | Sapiens Data Science is offering a digital platform that provides a personalized 10-year mortality risk assessment, empowering people to take control of their health.
Mar 20, 2019
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Diagnostics World | New research reveals that a blood test could help detect the progression of Alzheimer’s disease up to 16 years before the onset of symptoms, which scientists say could open doors for the testing of therapies.
Mar 18, 2019