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The FDA awarded marketing authorization for a new Invitae test that uses next-generation sequencing to assess multiple genes to identify variants indicating a person’s predisposition for certain cancers. The regulatory action creates a new regulatory classification making Invitae’s test the predicate device for future cancer tests.

A recent clinical trial conducted at Georgetown University Hospital suggests that kombucha tea may hold potential as an anti-hyperglycemic agent, reducing fasting blood glucose levels in adult patients with type 2 diabetes. While the results are promising, further research with larger sample sizes is needed to solidify the health benefits of kombucha in managing diabetes.

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.

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have created an AI-based tool that uses tumor gene sequencing data to predict the primary source of a patient's cancer.

The impact of green tea and its functional components on body weight and gut microbiota regulation.

A new national study has found whole genome sequencing to be nearly twice as effective as a targeted gene sequencing test.

Messy data brings a does of reality to analytics projects everywhere - it's a problem for AI projects as well. But can AI allow us to turn the messy data...

MGI Tech Co. Ltd. (MGI), a company committed to building core tools and technology to lead life science, today announced the launch of a global brand campaign titled "What If?" at the XXIII International Congress of Genetics (ICG), a five-yearly conference to bring together the international genetics community from around the world. Capturing MGI's extensive capabilities and solutions, the campaign intends to introduce MGI to the global market, including Australia and New Zealand,...

Extreme weather patterns and increased temperatures have a range of consequences — not least food production. the new un human rights chief volker turk warned on monday that the impact of the climate crisis is threatening the right to food. he said 80 million more people will be at risk of hunger by the middle of this century. a new study in the journal nature has highlighted the possibility of major harvest failures caused by climate change in multiple global breadbaskets. scientists are work...

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