The COVID-19 Pandemic ferociously spread across the globe bringing our daily lives to a quick halt – desks, streets, and towns nearly empty as our world united together to help “flatten the curve”. While most of us were introduced to remote work, medical workers from all different specialties were called upon to help treat and test COVID-19 patients. One long… Read more »
It is an honor to be published in The Journal of Precision Medicine’s June/July 2020 issue in an article co-authored by Dr. Christiane Scherer and myself, “Diagnosing and Tracking COVID-19 Infections Leveraging Next-Gen Sequencing.” In this article, I detail: The key facts about COVID-19, reviewing the epidemiology, reservoir hosts, transmission routes, and clinical manifestation. Answering the question of how Next-Generation Sequencing can… Read more »
Like many of you, I was supposed to attend the 2020 ACMG Meeting in San Antonio this March with a few colleagues. In addition to attending the conference, my first blog post for Golden Helix was going to be about our time at the conference. Thanks to the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic, none of us got to attend the conference. (We… Read more »
Thank you to everyone who joined me for our latest webcast, “Next-Gen Sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus with Golden Helix.” If you missed the live event and are interested in knowing what we talked about, you may access the recorded event below: Our Live Q&A generated a lot of great questions. Unfortunately, we were unable to answer them all, but… Read more »
Golden Helix has been committed to making sure our community has the tools and resources they need during this pandemic. We have developed several different assistance programs, such as our home office licenses for current users and our software discounts for COVID-19 related projects, to name a few. We have been approached by a number of labs not working with COVID-19… Read more »
It is an honor to be featured by Clinical Lab Manager where I discuss how Next-Gen Sequencing can be leveraged in the fight against COVID-19. You can access this article directly by visiting https://www.clinicallabmanager.com/thought-leadership/leveraging-next-generation-sequencing-technology-in-the-fight-against-covid-19-22584. If this is an area of interest for your organization, please reach out to our team and we would be happy to discuss this in more detail.
Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology has decreased the price of nucleotide sequencing exponentially in the last 10 years. The clinical applications are broad, from diagnosis of rare diseases, to carrier screening and hereditary disease risk, and finally, for the personalized treatment of cancer with molecular profiling of tumors for therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic genomic biomarkers. Discovery and Sharing of the Reference Genome for SARS-CoV-2 With… Read more »
*The following text is only a preview of our new eBook “Genetic Analysis of the COVID-19 Virus and Other Pathogens”. Request a free copy to access the full version.* Next-Gen Sequencing (NGS) of the novel virus can make a tremendous contribution in enhancing our understanding of the underlying pathways in which it impacts humans. In a short period of time… Read more »
*The following text is only a preview of our new eBook “Genetic Analysis of the COVID-19 Virus and Other Pathogens”. Request a free copy to access the full version.* SARS-CoV-2 has just been recently discovered. The knowledge about this virus is fairly new and certain aspects of it are still under review or in-flux entirely as we learn more about… Read more »
*The following text is only a preview of our new eBook “Genetic Analysis of the COVID-19 Virus and Other Pathogens”. Request a free copy to access the full version.* At the end of 2019, a virus appeared somewhere in the Chinese city of Wuhan. It caused cold and flu-like symptoms in most, but also pneumonia and death in a few…. Read more »
For more than 20 years, Golden Helix has focused on our mission to empower precision medicine around the world. We want you to know you have our commitment to continue providing you with the products and services you depend on during these unprecedented times. Today, we have announced our latest efforts to help assist the clinical research community in this… Read more »
This morning I released a new eBook titled “Genetic Analysis of the COVID-19 Virus and Other Pathogens“. The COVID-19 pandemic is reaching historic proportions. We are dealing with an infectious disease that is caused by a novel coronavirus we discovered just a few months ago. Since then, it has brought healthcare systems to the brink, it altered how we work,… Read more »
At Golden Helix, customer support is our number one priority. This support also includes the health and safety of all the members of our community. During this time of uncertainty, we first want to acknowledge the incredible efforts of the healthcare industry around the globe, working so hard to conquer this outbreak. Secondly, we realize a significant portion of our… Read more »
