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Saliva samples preferable to deep nasal swabs for testing COVID-19

April 27, 2020 (COVID-19), deep, for, nasal, preferable, Saliva, samples, swabs, testing, to

As testing for the novel coronavirus continues to scale up, a new study finds that saliva samples are a “preferable”

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Coronavirus testing in the United States: What you need to know

April 16, 2020 Coronavirus, in, know, Need, States, testing, the, to, United, What, you.

Before lifting lockdowns imposed across the United States in March, experts say we’ll need a massive screening system in place

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Genetic testing provides insights to sudden unexplained deaths in Amish community

January 8, 2020 Amish, community, deaths, Genetic, in, insights, provides, sudden, testing, to, Unexplained

Researchers used post-mortem genetic testing to find the underlying cause of multiple sudden deaths in young people and sudden cardiac

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Consumer genetic testing customers stretch their DNA data further with third-party interpretation websites

June 14, 2019 Consumer, Customers, data, DNA, further, Genetic, interpretation, stretch, testing, Their, third-party, websites, with

Back in 2016, Helen (a pseudonym) took three different direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests: AncestryDNA, 23andMe and FamilyTreeDNA. She saw genetic

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How DNA ancestry testing can change our ideas of who we are

April 1, 2019 ancestry, Are, Can, Change, DNA, How, Ideas, of, our, testing, we, Who

Have you ever wondered who you are or where you come from? I think it’s a fundamental human desire to

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Strangers shocked to learn they're sisters through at-home DNA testing kit

February 5, 2019 at-home, DNA, Kit, learn, shocked, sisters, Strangers, testing, They're, Through, to

Phoenix-area women go from total strangers to half-sisters thanks to DNA tests Women learn they share the same biological father

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Genetic testing gives answers on developmental disorders during pregnancy

February 1, 2019 answers, Developmental, disorders, during, Genetic, gives, on, pregnancy, testing

Genetic testing improves the diagnoses of abnormalities in developing babies that are picked up during ultrasound scans, scientists report today

Health Problems

Testing cells for cancer drug resistance

October 26, 2018 cancer, cells, drug, for, resistance, testing

Biophysicists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have demonstrated that Raman microscopy can be used to detect the resistance of tumour cells

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Genetic testing: Not a one-and-done deal

September 25, 2018 A, deal, Genetic, not, one-and-done, testing

Genetic testing can play a substantial role in medical management by uncovering changes in genes that are associated with an

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Call for pill testing part of national strategy to reduce drug harm

September 24, 2018 call, drug, for, harm, national, of, part, Pill, reduce, strategy, testing, to

Former Australian Federal Police commissioner Mick Palmer will join drug law reform campaigner Matt Noffs at the National Press Club