University of Washington
Inclusive Newborn Sequencing Approach Shows Potential for Boosting Diagnostic Rate
Researchers increased the diagnostic rate for critically ill newborns by using simple, broad exclusion criteria rather than complicated guidelines for selecting infants to be sequenced.
Gates Foundation Awards Multiple Omics, Dx Grants in June
Awardees include the WHO, Ifakara Health Institute, the University of Washington Foundation, King's College London, and PartitionBio, among others.
Pacific Biosciences, GeneDx, UW Collaborate on Google-Funded Study of WGS in Neonatal Care
Google will contribute expertise on informatics methods and provide an undisclosed amount of funding, including for reagents, to the project.
Rapid COVID-19 Tests Effective Against Variants, Study Finds
The study examined the performance of two FDA-authorized at-home antigen tests against different SARS-CoV-2 variants including Omicron.
A home-collected dry swab protocol showed 100 percent sensitivity and 99.4 percent specificity versus extraction-based RT-qPCR.
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