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  • A Radical Revision of Human Genetics

    Nature News & Comment | Why many 'deadly' gene mutations are turning out to be harmless.

    Oct 12, 2016

  • JAX Plans Collaborations, New Lab in China

    Diagnostics World Brief | The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) and the Wenzhou Medical University and its affiliated hospitals (WMU) in China have announced a two-phase collaborative clinical genomics research agreement leveraging the research and scientific expertise of JAX and the clinical experience and expertise of WMU and its hospitals. The two groups will seek to better understand genomic propensities to disease and focus on individualized therapies for cancer, heart disease, and other afflictions.

    Oct 11, 2016

  • Q&A Confirming Next-Gen Sequencing Results with Sanger

    The Scientist | Ambry Genetics CEO Aaron Elliott discusses his team's recent analysis of 20,000 clinical next-generation sequencing panels.

    Oct 11, 2016

  • Hedge Fund Lawsuit Alleges Theranos Knowingly And Repeatedly Lied

    Forbes | Until now, there has been one big reason to believe that Theranos, the controversial diagnostics startup, could survive despite widespread doubts about whether its technology, which the company once promised would revolutionize the blood testing business, even works: its investors.

    Oct 11, 2016

  • Genetic Test Aims to Better Match Pancreatic Cancer Patients to Treatments

    MIT Technology Review | A nonprofit is tapping sequencing technology to guide treatment for thousands of patients.

    Oct 7, 2016

  • Baylor Genetics Looks to Improve Its IT with DRAGEN Processor

    Diagnostics World | Baylor Genetics has recently announced that it has chosen DRAGEN, the bio-IT Processor developed by Edico, as its main pipeline for analyzing samples and delivering data. The deployment is in direct correlation with Baylor Genetics’ Ready With Answers Initiative. 

    Oct 6, 2016

  • Theranos To Shut Labs, Lay Off Hundreds As Mission Shifts

    STAT | The embattled blood-testing company announced a major retrenchment, saying it will shut down its clinical labs and blood collection sites.

    Oct 6, 2016

  • Invitae Announces Final Medicare Pricing For Hereditary Breast Cancer-Related Disorders

    Diagnostics World Brief | Invitae announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced final pricing for genetic testing for hereditary breast cancer-related disorders.

    Oct 3, 2016

  • The Fifty Days of the DRAGEN

    Diagnostics World | In the world of next-generation sequencing (NGS) research and diagnostics, 2016 is shaping up to be a big year for the Broad Institute's Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK). Several announcements and releases this year have helped make the platform ever more ubiquitous as even Broad competitors have partnered up with the nonprofit for GATK compatibility.

    Sep 30, 2016

  • Oxford Nanopore’s Plans for Pre-Packaged Cas9 Test Kits

    Diagnostics World | Oxford Nanopore Technologies is seeing more of a demand to focus on a subset of input materials, Clive Brown said this morning in his technical update. In addition to new pores, new chemistries, and updates on various devices, Brown dove into a Cas9 application that the company has been exploring and intimated that Oxford Nanopore will soon begin selling specific test kits for its mobile sequencers.

    Sep 29, 2016

  • News and Notes in Diagnostics September 2016

    Diagnostics World News Briefs | News from MDxHealth, Xcell Biosciences, Canon, and more.

    Sep 29, 2016

  • Why I Won’t Get the Genetic Test for Breast Cancer

    WIRED | BRCA is a powerful tool to estimate cancer risk, but it's not a crystal ball. And I don't want the results of one imperfect test to propel me into surgery.

    Sep 27, 2016

  • Color Genomics Raises $45 Million To Expand Genetic Testing

    Bloomberg | Color Genomics Inc., the three-year-old startup aiming to democratize genetic testing, sealed $45 million in funding as it seeks to make its tests for cancer more affordable and accessible, the company announced Tuesday.

    Sep 27, 2016

  • Time Stretch Microscopy And Machine Learning: Powerful Tools For Cancer Diagnostics

    Diagnostics World | Researchers at Stanford University and UCLA are bringing the latest in machine learning and digital image processing to bear on cancer diagnostics, expanding the toolkit for physicians.

    Sep 27, 2016

  • ResApp Brings Remote Diagnosis Of Respiratory Disease Via Mobile App

    Diagnostics World | ResApp Health Limited believes its mobile health app can replace stethoscopes as the go-to technology for diagnosing a variety of respiratory conditions. The Perth, Australia-based company is adequately capitalized, operationally prepared, and armed with competitive data needed to launch ResApp in the United States.

    Sep 23, 2016

  • How Machine Learning Big Data And AI Are Changing Healthcare Forever

    Forbes | Machine learning is improving diagnostics, predicting outcomes, and just beginning to scratch the surface of personalized care.

    Sep 23, 2016

  • Consortium Last Month Seeks Context For Undiagnosed Patients

    Diagnostics World | The UnDx Consortium met in San Diego last month as a proof of concept attempt to add context to the sequencing and medical records of undiagnosed patients. Five companies working on metabolomics, epigenetics, microbiome analysis, stem cells and regenerative medicine, and chromosomal rearrangements brought their technologies to bear on six patients seeking answers.

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    Sep 20, 2016