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How Genome Sequencing Can Broaden the Scope of Newborn Screening
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.
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Patients who text message just prior to surgery end up needing less pain medication
New research indicates that the social support a patient gets when text messaging before surgery decreases the need for additional pain management.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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RTI’s new CEO comes from within; Holden leads institute’s largest unit
RTI International has named one of its own to become its next president and CEO. […]
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RTI lands $60M contract with CDC for public health program
RTI International has won a nearly $60 million federal contract to assess just how effective […]
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RTI toxicologist Tyl to advise public health standards body NSF
A senior toxicologist at RTI International whose expertise includes research on bisphenol A, or […]
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Early stage biotechs told to make early decisions to avoid late-stage failures
The CED Biotech/Life Science Conference didn’t have an official theme, but if it did, it could have been “think early.” What the more than 1,000 in attendance got was a steady, instructional drumbeat telling them to think about facing important decisions for their companies and their research and development at earlier stages than they’re accustomed.
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CDC executive recruited to study health effects of climate change
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention veteran Michael McGeehin has been chosen to lead a new program at RTI International researching public health issues, such as how people are affected by flooding, drought, higher readings of ground-level ozone and food and water-borne diseases. RTI is a non-profit research institute based in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park.