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Innovative approach successfully traces genomic variants to genetic diseases

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Human genetic diseases concept

The National Institutes of Healths evaluation of 13 studies demonstrated the effectiveness of a genotype-based approach to patient care, particularly for the identification of rare diseases. This approach helps uncover new gene-disease relationships, expands the symptomatology of known disorders, and offers insights into the disorders just described. It also promotes the transition from reactive to … Read more

Global Carrier Screening Market Report 2023: Growing Emphasis on Early Diagnosis and Prevention of Complex Genetic Diseases Strengthens Growth

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DUBLIN, July 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The report “Vector Screening Market – Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunities and Forecasts, 2017-2027” has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com offer. Research_and_Markets_Logo The global vector screening market is anticipated to observe impressive growth during the forecast period 2023-2027. Major factors include the increase in occurrences of genetic conditions, growing … Read more

Telehealth provider for genetic testing laboratory GRAIL wrongly warns more than 400 patients could have cancer

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Telehealth provider for genetic testing laboratory GRAIL wrongly warns more than 400 patients could have cancer

The incident serves as a reminder that all clinical laboratories can be one mistake away from reporting erroneous results to a number of doctors and patients In May, more than 400 patients who agreed to have the Galleri Early Multi-Cancer Detection (MCED) blood test by GRAIL, a California-based biotechnology company owned by gene technology developer … Read more

Global Genetic Testing Strategic Business Report 2023: Booming Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Market

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Global Genetic Testing Strategic Business Report 2023: Booming Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Market

Dublin, July 7, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The report “Genetic Testing: Global Strategic Business Report” has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com offer. The global genetic testing market, estimated at USD 12 billion in 2022, is projected to reach a revised USD 24.8 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 9.5% over the analysis period 2022-2030 … Read more

Epigenetic editing: the next generation of genetic medicine

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Dr. Blythe Sather of Tune Therapeutics reveals why epigenetic editing offers benefits beyond those of gene editing, potentially filling the gaps towards clinical breakthroughs. When targeted gene editing became a reality more than a decade ago, many people hoped for a revolutionary tsunami of new medical treatments. In the wake of the Human Genome Project, … Read more

Genetic changes decreased maize’s tolerance to severe heat stress and increased resilience to moderate heat stress

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Genetic changes decreased maize's tolerance to severe heat stress and increased resilience to moderate heat stress

image: While current corn hybrids are more resistant to moderate heat stress than older hybrids, they show lower tolerance to severe heat stress that is expected to become more common due to climate change. visualization Moreover Credit: Taylor Siebert, Unsplash (CC0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) The ability of crops to withstand heat is critical to our food system’s … Read more

The ethical challenges of banking genetic data

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Dr. Robbee Wedow of Purdue University discusses the challenges of ensuring informed consent among research participants when it is becoming standard practice to collect data in gene repositories to be available for future research. Imagine you’ve agreed to be part of an exciting new long-term research study to better understand human health and behavior. In … Read more

Global Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Market to 2030: Growing Awareness of Potential Benefits of Genetic Testing Strengthens Growth

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Global Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Market to 2030: Growing Awareness of Potential Benefits of Genetic Testing Strengthens Growth

Dublin, July 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Report on Analysis of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Market Size, Share and Trends by Test Type (Nutrigenomics, Carrier), by Technology (Whole Sequencing genome), by distribution channel, The report By Region and Forecasts by Segment, 2023 – 2030 has been added.” ResearchAndMarkets.com offer. The global direct-to-consumer genetic testing market … Read more

Sleep a key defense for black Americans at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s

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THURSDAY, July 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many experts recommend getting a good night’s sleep. For Black Americans who have a genetic variant linked to Alzheimer’s disease, that rest could be protective, a new study says. This new finding suggests that someone with a high-risk variant may be able to overcome their genetic heritage by … Read more

The role of lung dysfunction and COVID-19 severity in the development of long-term COVID

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Study: Genome-wide association study of long COVID. Image Credit: NiphonSubsri/Shutterstock.com

In a study published in the medRxiv* preprint server, a team of interdisciplinary research groups has identified a genome-wide significant association (GWAS) for long-term coronavirus disease (COVID) at the FOXP4 locus, which has previously been associated with cancer, severe COVID 2019 ( COVID-19) and lung function. Study: Genome-wide association study of long COVID. Image Credit: … Read more