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TCAG offers whole genome sequencing
March 18, 2016The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) at The Hospital for Sick Children is now offering whole genome sequencing on the Illumina HiSeq X platform. TCAG is the first lab in Canada to offer this service at the most competitive pricing.
DNA testing chicken meat will protect consumer rights
March 17, 2016When you go to a restaurant for an expensive dinner, you expect that you will get exactly what you ordered. What if you are misled?
A family curse warded off by genomics research
March 17, 2016A team of researchers find the gene to help Newfoundlander, Chad Pelley, and his family, protection against a potentially lethal disease.
Ground-breaking settlement for genetic medicine in Canada
March 17, 2016CHEO, the children’s hospital, announces that gene patents will no longer stand in the way of diagnosing a life threatening disease. It has reached a deal that defines a pathway to conduct genetic testing without legal roadblocks from gene patents.
Transforming molecular diagnostic point of care with cell phones
March 7, 2016Scientists at Caltech report that they have invented a new technique that can help bring emerging diagnostic capabilities out of laboratories and to the point of care.
Ontario to open clinic for rare Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
March 7, 2016The genetic defect in connective tissue affects one in 5,000 people; the Health Minister chose Leap Year Day to be officially designated Rare Disease Day.
Researchers hope Neruda’s bones hold answer to poet’s death
March 7, 2016In Canada and Denmark, parallel teams of scientists are now in the midst of a unique investigation to determine if the Chilean poet’s bones can speak from beyond the grave.
Decline of pollinators poses threat to world food supply
March 7, 2016Without an international effort, a new report warns, increasing numbers of species that promote the growth of hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of food each year face extinction.