University of Washington
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.
Illumina, GeneDx Partner With University of Washington on Whole-Genome Sequencing Study in Kids
The SeqFirst study will use whole-genome sequencing to help diagnose critically ill infants and children suspected of having developmental differences.
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