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Silence Therapeutics last month announced that it had begun dosing patients in a phase I study of its siRNA-based solid tumor drug Atu-027.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Osmetech said today that it has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for a genotyping test for cystic fibrosis using the company’s eSensor XT-8 System.
Exiqon this week announced it was offering BRAF mutation analysis through its CLIA laboratory in California.
A statement released today by the March of Dimes slamming direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies could nudge individuals into the arms of clinical labs.
Some clinical labs would be required to register certain of the genetic tests they perform with a "mandatory" database crafted and overseen by the federal government, according to recommendations released by the Genetics & Public Policy Center.
Hologic, Inc., (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company's premarket approval (PMA) application for the Adiana(R) permanent contraception system.
The final analysis of the largest efficacy trial of a cervical cancer vaccine is published today in The Lancet. The study, involving 18,644 women, confirmed GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix(R) is highly effective at protecting against the two most common cervical cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) types, 16 and 18.
In Public Health Genomics , researchers from Johns Hopkins University's Genetics and Public Policy Center propose a blueprint for a national genetic test registry . They say that the registry should be mandatory and that it should contain information so that the analytic validity, clinical validity, and clinical utility may be assessed.
NIH issued the final rules for federally sponsored embryonic stem cell research and they become effective today. Older lines may still be eligible for use.
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