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Myriad Women’s Health to present two new studies highlighting performance of its prenatal tests

Myriad Genetics, Inc., a global leader in personalized medicine, today announced that its Myriad Women’s Health business unit will present results from two important studies at the 2019 American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting that highlight the performance of its prenatal tests.

3 Apr 2019

Research identifies genomic risk factor associated with stroke in childhood cancer survivors

Research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has identified a genomic risk factor associated with stroke in childhood cancer survivors. The findings were announced today at a press conference as part of the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Atlanta.

2 Apr 2019

New clinical genomic testing helps identify mutations that drive childhood melanoma

Comprehensive clinical genomic testing of an adolescent patient, including whole genome sequencing, helped researchers identify mutations in a single gene that drive the most common childhood melanoma.

5 Mar 2019

Johns Hopkins researchers find genetic cause of olfactory neuroblastoma

By sequencing the entire genomes of tumor cells from six people with a rare cancer of the nose and sinus cavity, Johns Hopkins researchers report they unexpectedly found the same genetic change¾one in a gene involved in muscle formation¾in five of the tumors.

28 Feb 2019

Scientists identify cause of devastating pediatric brain disorder

An international effort led by physician-scientists at Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, in collaboration with a team at the Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, has identified the cause of a devastating pediatric brain disorder paving the way for the first step in developing potential therapies for this rare neurodegenerative condition.

25 Feb 2019

A comprehensive, multinational review of peppers around the world

A comprehensive and multinational review of peppers/chilis (Capsicum species) with academic and scientific input from points across the globe, such as Argentina, Brazil, Taiwan, Mexico, Italy, Hungary, Austria, and the United States sets out to explore various aspects of interest concerning this horticulturally important crop.

22 Feb 2019

Whole-genome sequencing and sharing real-time data could limit spread of foodborne bacteria

Employing advanced genetic-tracing techniques and sharing the data produced in real time could limit the spread of bacteria -- Bacillus cereus -- which cause foodborne illness, according to researchers who implemented whole-genome sequencing of a pathogen-outbreak investigation.

14 Feb 2019

Researchers map extremely complex chromosome aberrations using DNA puzzle pieces

Using puzzle pieces from four different DNA analyses, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have been able to map three extremely complex chromosome aberrations.

12 Feb 2019

ALS and Tow Foundation announce their continuing support to New York Genome Center

The ALS Association and The Tow Foundation are pleased to announce their continuing support of the New York Genome Center's Center for Genomics of Neurodegenerative Disease, in recognition of the substantial genomic research being carried out by NYGC scientists.

6 Feb 2019

Mapping mutations in esophageal cancer could improve treatment options

Mutations that cause oesophageal adenocarcinoma have been mapped in unprecedented detail - unveiling that more than half could be targeted by drugs currently in trials for other cancer types.

4 Feb 2019

New approach helps clinicians to decide most effective antibiotic treatment courses

A scientific team from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic has developed a new way to identify second-line antibiotics that may be effective in killing germs already resistant to a first-line antibiotic - potentially helping overcome antibiotic resistance.

31 Jan 2019

Genetic testing to be provided by the NHS in exchange for genomic data

The NHS is going to start providing genetic tests in exchange for patients in England who agree to share their genomic data so that it can be used for research.

28 Jan 2019

Scientists aim to find genetic causes of developmental abnormalities in the vagina and uterus

A percentage of females are born with a missing or underdeveloped vagina and uterus, and scientists are working to analyze the genes of hundreds of them to get a better idea about causes, improve genetic counseling and ideally treatment.

22 Jan 2019

Location of epigenetic changes co-locate with genetic signal causing psychartric disorder

It's no surprise to scientists that variety is the very essence of biology, not just the seasoning, but most previous studies of key brain cells have found little variability in a common cell process that involves how genetic information is read and acted on.

17 Jan 2019

Whole Genome Sequencing News and Research

Myriad Women’s Health to present two new studies highlighting performance of its prenatal tests

Research identifies genomic risk factor associated with stroke in childhood cancer survivors

New clinical genomic testing helps identify mutations that drive childhood melanoma

Johns Hopkins researchers find genetic cause of olfactory neuroblastoma

Scientists identify cause of devastating pediatric brain disorder

A comprehensive, multinational review of peppers around the world

Whole-genome sequencing and sharing real-time data could limit spread of foodborne bacteria

Researchers map extremely complex chromosome aberrations using DNA puzzle pieces

ALS and Tow Foundation announce their continuing support to New York Genome Center

Mapping mutations in esophageal cancer could improve treatment options

New approach helps clinicians to decide most effective antibiotic treatment courses

Genetic testing to be provided by the NHS in exchange for genomic data

Scientists aim to find genetic causes of developmental abnormalities in the vagina and uterus

Location of epigenetic changes co-locate with genetic signal causing psychartric disorder

Researchers identify multiple new subtypes of most common childhood cancer

NorthShore and Color partner to deliver the power of genomics in routine primary care

White colonies on kimchi surface is not formed by molds but by yeasts, finds study

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New massive sequencing platform implemented for double factor preimplantation genetic testing

New York State approves NYGC's Whole Genome and Transcriptome Sequencing for oncology

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