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NewStem, MSK Innovation Hub Team to Validate Cancer Diagnostics Software Platform
The Israeli startup called this collaboration a necessary step toward commercializing its CE-marked NewStem Software Diagnostic Device for reducing oncology drug resistance.
Aussie Variant Classification Effort Aims to Reduce Uncertainty in Hereditary Blood Cancer Diagnosis
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The researchers hope to determine whether tens of thousands of variants in RUNX1 and GATA2 increase predisposition to blood cancers.
The company, infamous and long derided in the genetic testing community for refusing to share BRCA1/2 variants, has decided to change its stance as part of a "strategic transformation."
AMP, CAP Release Guidelines for Use of In Silico Approaches for Validating NGS Data Pipelines
Labs should not let in silico data supplant physical specimens in bioinformatic validation and should understand the limitations of such data.
If the Center for Genomic Interpretation's in silico quality assessment catches on with payors, some labs are sure to push back or propose data sharing as an alternative.