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Genetic Testing Benefits Patients with Depression, Governments Alike

University of British Columbia

Currently, pharmacogenomic tests are not offered through the public health systems across Canada

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How NGS-Based Testing Can Advance Reproductive Health Research

Kathy Davy, MBA

High throughput, reliability, sensitivity, and accuracy make NGS a robust reproductive health tool

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New Drug for Relapsed Blood Cancer in First Human Trial

The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James)

CLL makes up a quarter of leukemia cases among adults and NHL accounts for 4 percent of all cancers in the US

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World’s Fastest COVID-19 Test Is Here!

University of Bath

Compact, lab-on-a-chip genetic testing device detects SARS-CoV-2 in nasal swab samples within minutes

Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis in Disease Testing

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Join Farshad Niri, PhD, from Alberta Precision Laboratories to learn about the clinical applications of capillary electrophoresis

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Largest Study Determines Genetic Factors Associated with Epilepsy

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Identifying epilepsy-associated genetic accelerates the development of treatment options

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Polygenic Risk Score Improves Precision of Breast Cancer Screening

EIT Health

Integrating breast cancer polygenic risk score testing and parallel monogenic variants management in health care may make cancer screening stratified and equitable

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Improve Your Germline Testing by Optimizing DNA Fragmentation

Covaris

Adaptive Focused Acoustics® is a cost-effective, non-invasive, scalable, and unbiased method for robust DNA fragmentation from various sample types

Healthcare professional consulting with a sick man about a drug trial for cancer

NIH’s ComboMATCH to Test New Drug Combinations Guided by Tumor Biology

National Institutes of Health

ComboMATCH comprises several Phase 2 treatment trials that will each evaluate a drug combination plus a chemotherapy drug

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How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect the Spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections?

Manoj Gandhi, MD, PhD

Molecular diagnostics may help control the spread and rate of STIs