National Nuclear Security Administration Awards Los Alamos National Laboratory Management and Operating Contract

National Nuclear Security Administration Awards Los Alamos National Laboratory Management & Operating Contract

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Washington, DC - - (June 8, 2018) - - The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) announced today it has awarded Triad National Security, LLC the management and operating (M&O) contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Triad National Security, LLC is a limited liability company, which consists of Battelle Memorial Institute, the Regents of the Univ...

Food and Drug Administration Finalizes Guidances to Accelerate the Development of Reliable and Beneficial Next Generation Sequencing-based Tests

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The agency is leveraging new tools and policies to advance the creation of innovative genetic and genomic-based tests and help ensure the validity of their results



(April 12, 2018) - - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today finalized two guidances to drive the efficient development of a novel technology that scans a person’s DNA to diagnose genetic diseases, which are usually hereditary, and guide...

Massachusetts General Hospital-led Team Identifies Gene Mutations Behind Lack of a Nose

Alterations in same gene previously associated with rare form of muscular dystrophy



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Boston, MA - - (February 10, 2017) - - Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) led a large, international research team that has identified gene mutations associated with a rare congenital condition involving the absence of a nose and often...