Search Tag: genome testing

Executive Health Management

2019 05 Nov

Genomic testing is being gradually adopted in healthcare assisting in defining treatments for selected disorders. . One of the primary fields for these tests are cancer mutations. Genomic tests on cancer cells may help to determine what types of treatment would be effective. Some insist that in cases of advanced cancer oncologists...Read more

IT Management

2014 01 Jul

Imperial College London Professor Christofer Toumazou has been awarded the prestigious European Inventor Award 2014 for his contribution to innovative scientific research. Toumazou developed a rapid DNA test that decodes an individual’s DNA within minutes, independent of any laboratory setting, using a chip that can be implanted in a simple USB stick....Read more

Executive Health Management

2014 02 Jun

The steady growth of the next-generation sequencing (NGS) market in Western Europe is expected to continue thanks to a variety of new applications, from comprehensive oncology panels to non-invasive prenatal analysis to food testing. Major market potential exists in areas such as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, infectious disease and companion diagnostics,...Read more