Clinical Sequencing
News on sequencing-based testing, NGS gene panels, & diagnostic exomes in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
ACMG Adds Three New Genes to Secondary Findings List
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics has added three new cardiovascular genes to the latest release of its secondary finding list.
Illumina, AstraZeneca, Breast Cancer Canada Partner on Screening, Detection Grants
Breast Cancer Canada also announced the recipients of its annual Precision Oncology Research Grants, who received awards of either C$75,000 or C$50,000.
Pacific Biosciences, Radboud University Partner to Study Clinical Use of Long-Read Sequencing
PacBio said it will provide reagent donations and discounts to Radboud University Medical Center, as well as technical and bioinformatics expertise.
Inex Innovate Acquiring Yourgene Health's Taiwanese Genomics Business for up to $4M
Inex expects Yourgene Taiwan to provide it with additional capabilities in fetal health and oncology R&D, bioinformatics, biobanking, and clinical laboratory services.
ESHG: New Variant Analyses by Broad Institute Enhance Rare Disease Diagnostics
Analyzing data from the Broad's Center for Mendelian Genomics, researchers showed the diagnostic utility of exome CNVs and mitochondrial DNA variants.