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Regulatory Developments in Genetic Testing in Israel
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Current legislation and regulation of genetic testing in Israel
Genetic testing in Israel is performed in most major public and government hospitals and in a few private laboratories. There is widespread use of genetic testing as part of prenatal diagnosis and genetic counselling services. It is also used as a (postnatal) diagnostic tool in HLA typing, infectious diseases, cancer and as a diagnostic aid for many specific diseases such as thalassemia, haemophilia, hypercholesterolemia, blood coagulation, etc. In addition genetic testing is applied to paternity testing and to forensics. Accreditation of laboratories
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Invitae Corporation (NYSE: NVTA), a leading medical genetics company, today announced research showing one in six people with colorectal cancer harbor genetic changes that are known to substantially increase the risk for cancer, especially in patients who were younger when diagnosed. The findings are the latest from a
landmark study of genetic testing across many solid tumor cancers and were presented at the 2021 American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting. Colorectal cancer is one of the most common types of cancer. Recently we ve seen an unfortunate increase in incidence among people younger than 50 years old. Improving our understanding of who is at risk and implementing appropriate screening strategies is essential to ensuring these cancers are caught and treated earlier when outcomes are typically better, said Robert Nussbaum, M.D., chief medi
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Quest Diagnostics and Blueprint Genetics to Present New Insights from Genetic Testing at the 2021 Annual American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
10 studies highlight Quest Diagnostics commitment to specialty genetics testing and research in areas such as mitochondrial mtDNA analysis and next generation sequencing
Multiple studies focus on genetic disorders impacting children, who are more likely to achieve favorable outcomes when diagnosed and treated early
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SECAUCUS, N.J. and HELSINKI, Finland, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world s leading provider of diagnostic information services, and Blueprint Genetics announced today that they will present results of 10 studies at the virtual 2021 American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) Annual Meeting, to be held April 13–16, 2021. These studies demonstrate the value of a broad ran