Whole Genome Sequencing

A urine-based whole-genome sequencing assay demonstrated high specificity and comparable sensitivity to standard cytology for the detection of urothelial carcinoma, according to study results published in Clinical Cancer Research.

A genomic risk score developed with a meta-scoring approach may predict the risk for ischemic stroke, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

ORLANDO — The integration of transcriptomic and genomic sequencing data from a large cohort of adults with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndromes allowed for the identification of subtypes and constellations of driver mutations, according to study results presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

ATLANTA — In this video, Infectious Disease News Editorial Board member Ellie J.C. Goldstein, MD, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, and director of the R.M. Alden Research Laboratory in Santa Monica, California, highlights notable presentations at this year’s ASM Microbe.