by Julia Evangelou Strait, Washington University in St. Louis Shelly O’Laughlin, (right) director of clinical operations for the Genome Technology Access Center at McDonnell Genome Institute, prepares the GatewaySeq test with Lulu Sun, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of pathology and immunology. Credit: Matt Miller/School of MedicineA genetic test that identifies cancer mutations in solid tumors...
by Duke University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A genetic risk for heart disease is far less predictive of problems than actual lifestyle risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes—even among younger adults. In a finding published July 26 in the journal Circulation, researchers led by a team at Duke AI Health found...
by Elsevier Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) can result in chronic and sometimes life-threatening infections. More than 450 PIDs have been described, but timely and accurate diagnoses remain a challenge. In a new study in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, investigators used next-generation sequencing technology to test a DNA panel of 130 different...
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, May 18, 2022 — Health screening and genetic tests might identify more than 1 million U.S. adults who carry a gene for familial hypercholesterolemia, a common genetic disorder that causes elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, known as “bad cholesterol,” which may lead to premature heart attack or death, according to new research published today in...
by Michael Addelman, University of Manchester Time to Antibiotic Therapy. Comparison of time to antibiotic during reference and study periods. The upper and lower bounds of the confidence interval (95% CI, −5.96 to 4.23 minutes) lie within the Cohen d margins. The mean difference in time to antibiotic between reference and study periods is −0.87...
The promising ‘seek and destroy’ treatment uses highly specific radiation doses But it doesn’t work for all men – this test could make it easier to check Experts hope the therapy could benefit more than 5,000 men a year in the UK The eligibility test looks for a genetic fault linked to a certain type of tumour By SAM BLANCHARD SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE A test can work out...
Before you sign up for a home DNA test, learn more from this couple’s story. COURTESY OF JULIE KENNERLY-SHAH AND SUMMIT SHAH. Julie Kennerly-Shah and Summit Shah. Julie Kennerly-Shah and Summit Shah were dating back in 2016 when they decided to buy kits from 23andMe, the popular consumer DNA health and ancestry company. Like many...
The Irvine, Calif., headquarters of Proove Biosciences. Federal investigators searched a California DNA testing lab Wednesday and hauled away boxes of documents as part of a health care fraud investigation, according to former employees familiar with the matter. Proove Biosciences, an Irvine, Calif., firm that purports to determine a patient’s likelihood of becoming addicted to opioids,...
Scientists are reporting a test which can predict which patients are most at risk from aggressive prostate cancer, and whether they suffer an increased chance of treatment failure. This test, reported at the European Association of Urology conference in London, and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, may give men a better view...
