Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

At the inaugural International Conference on Newborn Sequencing (ICoNS) in Boston last week, researchers outlined plans from eight studies in the US, the UK, Europe, and Australia.

The test combines melt curve analysis and high-throughput, quantitative PCR to detect Prader-Willi, Angelman, and Dup15q syndromes in infants.

Illumina plans to upgrade all its NIPT customers to version 2 of its VeriSeq solution over the next year.