Day Five of Bionano’s Next-Generation Cytogenomics Symposium: Saphyr Identifies Structural Variants that May Predispose to Severe COVID-19 Illness
January 18, 2021 19:00 ET | Source: Bionano Genomics Bionano Genomics San Diego, California, UNITED STATES
COVID-19 Host Genome Structural Variant (SV) Consortium used Saphyr to identify SVs in severe COVID-19 patients that affect genes involved in immunity, airway mucous, and viral replication
SVs found by several investigators point to a central role for disease severity of the interferon response pathway
Consortium has added investigators from Augusta University, Boston Children’s Hospital, New York Genome Center, Radboud University, Rockefeller University, UC San Diego, Virginia Commonwealth University, and two dozen other institutes from around the world
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Kisner Foundation donates $50K to pediatric behavioral health and wellness program December 31, 2020
The Kisner Foundation’s contribution will help start the Children’s Pediatric Behavioral Health and Wellness program. (Courtesy of Kisner Foundation)
The Children’s Hospital of Georgia is starting a new program focused on pediatric behavioral health care, launching with the help of a $50,000 donation from the Kisner Foundation. The organization presented the gift to the Children’s Hospital of Georgia on Monday, Dec. 7.
The Kisner Foundation’s contribution will help start the Children’s Pediatric Behavioral Health and Wellness program, which will address social, emotional, behavioral, and developmental concerns in children and adolescents. This program will provide an interdisciplinary approach to Pediatric Behavioral Health and Wellness that will include collaboration with the Medical College of Georgia Depar