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Asuragen, Wave Life Sciences to Develop Companion Diagnostics for Huntington's Disease Therapies
Asuragen will use its Amplidex PCR tech to develop companion diagnostics for Wave's investigational allele-selective therapeutic programs for Huntington's.
Investigators calculated that the new assay, which includes 67 SNPs, could offer a 50 percent improvement over previous methods if used in newborn screening.
At the Precision Medicine World Conference, researchers from Sanford Health, Providence Health, and Israel's Maccabi discussed their genomics programs.
Cytox, Cardiff University Win $1.1M Grant to Validate Alzheimer's Risk Panel
The collaborators aim to show that Cytox' VariaTect SNP profiling array and an associated algorithm can effectively predict the presence of Alzheimer's pathology.
Cytox Plans US Clinical Launch for Early-Stage Alzheimer's Test While Courting Pharma Partners
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The British molecular diagnostics company plans to make its array-based test for early-stage Alzheimer's disease available in the US by year end.