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Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and Illumina collaborate on scalable clinical whole-genome sequencing initiative

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Associated collaboration with the New York Genome Center to expand patient access to advanced genomic technologies Seeking to advance the scope of precision medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and Illumina, Inc.

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New statement provides path to include ethnicity, ancestry, race in genomic research

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American Heart Association Scientific Statement DALLAS, July 26, 2021 — Genomic studies have produced advances in how to calculate and reduce heart-disease risk, however, the benefits don’t necessarily apply to people from historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups and Indigenous populations.

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Teens knowing results of their cardiomyopathy genetic tests may improve family function

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Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine Journal Report DALLAS, July 13, 2021 — Sharing the results of genetic testing for cardiomyopathy in adolescents ages 13-18 does not appear to cause emotional harm to families or adversely impact family function or dynamics, according to new research published today in Circulation: Genomic and Precision (..)

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Allelica’s polygenic risk score data published in Circulation

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Identifies people at high risk of heart attack despite average LDL cholesterol levels Rome, Italy, March 8, 2021 – Allelica, a leading genomics software company specialising in developing polygenic risk scores (PRS) for personalised medicine, today announced publication of a study in Circulation (Vol.

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How Phosphorus’ GeneCompass Preventative Genetic Test Can Help People Manage Their Health

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Phosphorus, a leading preventative genomics company, has developed the first comprehensive preventative genetic test for consumers. Like other consumer genomic tests, the Phosphorus GeneCompass test also involves the collection of saliva samples that consumers send to the Phosphorus lab located in Secaucus, NJ for analysis.

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Large Babies Could Be at Risk for Later Atrial Fibrillation

The Pharma Data

28, 2020 — There may be a positive causal relationship between elevated birth weight and risk for future atrial fibrillation in adulthood, according to a study presented at the annual Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology, held virtually from Oct. The genome-wide association study included 321,223 individuals.

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Genetic background influences disease risk from single-gene variants

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In people with a single-gene variant that puts them at high risk for heart disease, breast cancer, or colorectal cancer, the rest of the genome can alter that risk Life can change dramatically when someone learns they are genetically predisposed to a disease, such as a condition called familial hypercholesterolemia, where a mutated gene can […]. (..)