Genetic Research
News on genome-wide association studies, genotyping, metagenomics, basic research in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
Mayo Clinic, Personalis Ink Comprehensive Genomics Research Collaboration
Investigators intend to offer Personalis' comprehensive genomics testing to consenting patients for both clinical use and to aggregate data for ongoing research.
The firm continues to pursue new applications for its multiomics machine learning technology, with recent data exploring immunotherapy response prediction.
Heart Transplant Cell-Free DNA Test Enables Earlier Detection of Acute Rejection Than Biopsy
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The researchers hope that donor-derived cell-free DNA testing to monitor rejection can help relieve racial disparities in heart transplant outcomes.
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.
TargetCancer Foundation Initiates Precision Medicine Study for Rare Cancers
TargetCancer is activating two enrollment sites and setting up a remote consenting process so patients with rare cancers can be seen at local community hospitals.