Inherited Disease
News on Mendelian diseases, hereditary cancer, variant classification, cystic fibrosis testing and more.
With a sole focus on the diagnostics market, the company has rolled out dozens of NGS tests for both oncology and genetic diseases.
Identifai-Genetics Closes $3.3M Post-Seed Fundraising Round
The Israeli startup said it is developing a liquid biopsy assay for the noninvasive detection of fetal genetic disorders during early pregnancy.
UnitedHealthcare to Cover Whole-Genome Sequencing for Certain Non-Cancer Indications
The private payor published new coverage criteria for whole-genome sequencing tests for patients with a variety of non-cancer indications.
ACMG: Rare Disease Patients in Poor Countries See Benefit from Clinical Whole-Genome Sequencing
Patients in Illumina's global iHope philanthropic clinical WGS program saw changes in their management regardless of whether they lived in wealthy or poor countries.
In a bid to expand recognition and treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a cause of COPD, Grifols is making its over-the-counter genetic test available for free.