#Tests

Joseph Shavit

May 19, 2022

A new era of genome editing has begun

Researchers developed a new gene-editing platform called transcription activator-like effector-linked deaminases, or TALED for short.

Joseph Shavit

Apr 1, 2022

Now fully complete, human genome reveals new secrets

A three-year-old consortium has finally filled in that remaining DNA, providing the first complete, gapless genome sequence.

Joseph Shavit

Mar 11, 2022

Ants can “sniff out” cancer!

Cancer detection is a major public health challenge, and the methods currently available to achieve it are often expensive and invasive.

Joseph Shavit

Mar 6, 2022

Single test for over 50 genetic diseases will cut diagnosis from decades to days

The diseases covered by the test belong to a class of over 50 diseases caused by unusually-long repetitive DNA sequences in a person’s genes