gene sequencing Archives - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/gene-sequencing/ Healthcare technology news, life science current events Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:17:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://medcitynews.com/uploads/2021/03/cropped-mblue-32x32.png gene sequencing Archives - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/gene-sequencing/ 32 32 40682243 How Genome Sequencing Can Broaden the Scope of Newborn Screening https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/genome-sequencing-newborn-screening-rare-disease-rti-international-unc/ https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/genome-sequencing-newborn-screening-rare-disease-rti-international-unc/#respond Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:31:38 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=649545

Standard newborn screening can detect dozens of inherited diseases, but genomics technology enables testing for hundreds of them. A North Carolina program evaluating the feasibility of bringing genomics to newborn screening is expanding with an initial goal of testing 5,000 babies in the next year.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/genome-sequencing-newborn-screening-rare-disease-rti-international-unc/feed/ 0 649545 Morning Read: Former Google X Senior VP now CEO of Grail, cancer detection gene sequencing firm https://medcitynews.com/2016/02/morning-read-former-google-x-senior-vp-now-ceo-grail-cancer-detection-gene-sequencing-firm/ https://medcitynews.com/2016/02/morning-read-former-google-x-senior-vp-now-ceo-grail-cancer-detection-gene-sequencing-firm/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:55:42 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=365821 Also, CTI BioPharma Corp said the U.S Food and Drug Administration has put a full clinical hold on the company’s investigational new drug application for pacritinib.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2016/02/morning-read-former-google-x-senior-vp-now-ceo-grail-cancer-detection-gene-sequencing-firm/feed/ 1 365821 Morning Read: RainDance Technologies withdraws $60M IPO, omega-3 might not actually help cognition https://medcitynews.com/2015/08/raindance-technologies-gene-sequencing-omega-3-supplements-cognition/ https://medcitynews.com/2015/08/raindance-technologies-gene-sequencing-omega-3-supplements-cognition/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:55:36 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=349419 Gene sequencing firm RainDance Technologies has withdrawn its $60M IPO, and researchers have found that omega-3 supplements might not have any affect on cognition for older people.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2015/08/raindance-technologies-gene-sequencing-omega-3-supplements-cognition/feed/ 0 349419 Personalized medicine: It may be high cost, but it’s higher value https://medcitynews.com/2014/07/personalized-medicine-high-costs-higher-value/ https://medcitynews.com/2014/07/personalized-medicine-high-costs-higher-value/#respond Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:13:40 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=303124 Personalized medicine will be expensive in these early days of pioneering and planning. But individual […]

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2014/07/personalized-medicine-high-costs-higher-value/feed/ 0 303124 Good news for genomics startups: Illumina & Yuri Milner jump into the accelerator game https://medcitynews.com/2014/02/illumina-jumps-accelerator-game/ https://medcitynews.com/2014/02/illumina-jumps-accelerator-game/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:14:18 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=274719 Next-generation sequencing has reached the “lift-off stage,” according to Yuri Milner. He’s not just saying […]

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