epilepsy
Invitae, Pacific Biosciences Collaborate on NGS-Based Pediatric Epilepsy Testing
The firms will conduct PacBio whole-genome sequencing on epilepsy patients to generate variant profiles that can help the development of diagnostic assays.
With Low-Cost SARS-CoV-2 Assay, FYR Diagnostics Looks to Bypass Equipment Bottlenecks
The company's adaptive low-resource testing technology requires no instrumentation and limited equipment, making it adaptable to settings without clinical lab infrastructure.
Quest Diagnostics Acquires Blueprint Genetics
Blueprint provides 3,900 targeted single-gene and more than 200 panel tests covering 14 medical specialties, leveraging NGS and bioinformatics methods.
Evogen launched a clinical trial to further validate its proteomic test for distinguishing between epileptic seizures and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
CDC Awards Aptagen $988K for Pork Tapeworm Test
Apatagen is developing the aptamer-based test to diagnose human carriers of pork tapeworm and prevent neurocysticercosis, which causes adult-onset epilepsy.