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Prenatal Exome Screening from the Mother’s Blood

January 30, 2024 | | Posted in Newsletter

Researchers develop new method for prenatal genetic testing
“A team of investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Brigham and Women’s Hospital [MORE]

23 and Me’s Health Records Service

October 15, 2019 | | Posted in Newsletter

23 and Me Genetic testing
Like Apple’s Health app for the iPhone, 23 and Me (Mountain View, CA) hopes to become [MORE]

Machine Diagnosis of Rare Diseases

July 30, 2019 | | Posted in Newsletter

Genome testing
Days, weeks, months and even years can pass between the observation of a seriously sick child and the identification [MORE]

Direct to Consumer Liquid Biopsy Test for Multiple Cancers

November 3, 2015 | | Posted in Newsletter

CancerIntercept Liquid Biopsy
Pathway Genomics (San Diego, CA) is the first company to offer liquid biopsy screening tests for multiple cancers [MORE]

Liquid Biopsies for Solid Tumors

October 6, 2015 | | Posted in Newsletter

Blood Test
There are nine companies now in development of liquid biopsies for solid tumors, though none have won FDA approval [MORE]

Screening by Sequencing

March 15, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

DNA sequencing to screen for disease
In January, Stephen Kingsmore, chief scientific officer for the National Human Genome Research Institute, [MORE]

Getting More out of Guthrie Cards

February 1, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Guthrie Card
While there is a perception that wide-spread genetic testing raises difficult ethical issues, the fact is that universal genetic [MORE]

Genetic Testing at Your Neighborhood Pharmacy

March 9, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

Pharmocogenics and DNA
Imagine a time-about a century ago-when physicians generally accepted the idea that germs caused disease, but didn’t [MORE]

Newborn Screening

December 14, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

PerkinElmer (Waltham, MA and Fremont, CA) has introduced an automated platform that quantitatively and qualitatively analyzes neonate blood samples [MORE]

Kaiser Permanente to Create 100,000 Genome Data Bank in CA

November 30, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

"Spit-Kit"
What do you suppose would be the reaction to a news headline that an insurance company is undertaking the largest [MORE]

Genetic Testing; Cost effectiveness

January 20, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

USA Today recently ran a story about the economic impact genetic testing can have on cancer treatments.  It mentions the [MORE]