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Diagnostics World Brief | Human Longevity, Inc. today announced Cynthia Collins as the new Chief Executive Officer effective January 9, 2017. Collins, who has a successful track record and extensive leadership experience in the life sciences sector, will lead HLI and be responsible for all functions of the company including commercialization of HLI key products and strategic operations. She will also join the Board of Directors.
Jan 4, 2017
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Diagnostics World News Brief | Illumina today announced it has named one of the world’s top clinical genomis experts to head its clinical genomics unit. Garret Hampton will join as Executive Vice President of Clinical Genomics for the company, starting January 9, 2017.
Jan 3, 2017
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STAT |
The American Cancer Society estimates more than 76,000 Americans will have been diagnosed during 2016. The skin cancer rate has been rising for two decades.
Dec 28, 2016
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Diagnostics World News Brief | Invitae announced the availability of 24 new and 19 expanded genetic test panels, allowing clinicians to gain information on 183 new genes with clinical and diagnostic significance.
Dec 22, 2016
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Diagnostics World Briefs | News, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community including news from the Rare Genomics Institute, Good Start Genetics, HudsonAlpha, and more.
Dec 20, 2016
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MobiHealthNews |
Scanadu, a personal health scanner company that shattered records on Indiegogo a few years ago, has raised $6.5 million according to an SEC filing.
Dec 19, 2016
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Diagnostics World Brief | Roche is terminating its agreement with Pacific Bioscience. The biotech doesn’t intend to pursue efforts to develop a sequencing instrument for use in the clinical research and clinical market using PacBio’s Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) technology. Roche retains no rights to the technology and PacBio is free to approach any market segments with their SMRT technology.
Dec 15, 2016
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Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | Today’s healthcare decisions are becoming more and more reliant on molecular diagnostic tests. It is incumbent upon diagnostic platform developers to design instruments and assays that give customers more value for their investment.
Dec 15, 2016
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STAT |
Startup Scanadu raised $1.5 million from eager customers to launch a real-life version of a "Star Trek" tricorder. Now it's shutting down the devices.
Dec 15, 2016
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TechCrunch |
Medical startup Scanadu informed customers today it will no longer support its Scout device starting May 15, 2017. The reason? Though Scanadu has been working with FDA, it seems Scout didn't make the cut.
Dec 14, 2016
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STAT |
President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law today. Surrounded by Vice President Joe Biden and the bipartisan lawmakers who helped push the bill through, Obama commented, "It's a good day to see us doing our jobs."
Dec 13, 2016
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CBS News |
Quest Diagnostics says a hack of an internet application on its network has exposed the personal health information of about 34,000 people.
Dec 13, 2016
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Forbes |
In a country where there's a shortage of doctors, let alone radiologists, iBreastExam has everything it takes to be a major disruptor in India's healthcare sector. It can examine 100,000 patients at the same cost that a mammogram tests 15,000 patients.
Dec 12, 2016
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Diagnostics World News Brief | Novogene, AITbiotech, and the Genome Institute of Singapore announced today that NovogeneAIT Genomics Singapore, a new joint venture between Novogene and AITbiotech, will establish a joint whole genome sequencing center at Biopolis, Singapore.
Dec 9, 2016
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Diagnostics World News Brief The fourth annual Advances in Prenatal Molecular Diagnostics Conference took place last week in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The conference featured lectures from prominent experts in the field of gene sequencing and NIPT. Here are some highlights from the lectures and panels from the conference.
Dec 9, 2016
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MIT Technology Review |
Many genetic conditions come with clues in a person's face, and new technology can help doctors diagnose them.
Dec 6, 2016
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Forbes |
Diagnosing hereditary disorders by sequencing the genomes of newborn babies.
Dec 2, 2016
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Business Insider India |
IBM Watson Health and the Radiological Society of North America teamed up on a project called "Eyes of Watson," on display at the RSNA conference this week in Chicago. The demonstration is meant to show radiologists how Watson evaluates X-ray images, from start to finish.
Dec 2, 2016