sickle cell anemia
PerkinElmer, Novartis Collaborate on Sickle Cell Disease Screening in Sub-Saharan Africa
PerkinElmer will provide training, consultations, support, and other services to the effort, as well as establish new laboratory facilities.
The firm has collaborated with Novartis to help pilot the new sickle cell disease test and a treatment in Ghana.
PerkinElmer, American Society of Hematology Collaborate on Sickle Cell Disease Screening in Africa
The company will donate full laboratory set-ups to the effort and provide training and education to implement screening programs.
NIH Launches $1M Challenge to Develop Dx Technologies for Sickle Cell, Malaria, Anemia
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will also provide support to winners of the challenge, which may include a grant of up to $500,000.
At ESHG, Researchers Present New Noninvasive Prenatal Tests, Disease Recurrence Risk Study
Scientists from the UK and China discussed two new NIPTs that include single-gene disorders and a study to estimate disease recurrence risk in families.