The adoption of telemedicine has been slow around the globe, including in genetics. Telemedicine was in early developing in 1992 and some 30 years later it was still regarded as hard to sell to the health sector. Health sector regulations in a number of countries were not compatible with the adoption of telemedicine, including a […]
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The clinical genetics community recognise the increasing demand for direct to consumer (DTC) genetic testing. Companies such as 23andMe sell genetic tests, analyse samples that are sent back and provide the results with some analysis. The results of DTCs frequently look for specific variances in genes, as opposed to testing the entire genome. The analysis […]
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TrakGene were very proud to provide four education scholarships to the 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA) in Wellington, NZ. Our recipients were PhD candidates and students, along with a Genetics Fellow out of Sydney and Melbourne. The HGSA meeting was attended by over 520 delegates and was run […]
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