Meet Joe Sango
Software Development Manager Joe Sango recently joined the Melbourne Genomics Innovation and Technology team, to further develop the shared system for genomics, GenoVic. To ensure GenoVic delivers benefits to Alliance…
GenoVic update
The Alliance’s shared clinical system for genomics, GenoVic, now offers additional tools and has recently completed transition to a new operating entity. Additional capabilities and tools Two accredited testing laboratories…
Understanding clinical genomics to improve care
Dr Edward Chew is a clinician and medical scientist at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. In 2018, Edward was selected to take part in Melbourne Genomics’ Medical Specialists Immersion Program. His project explored how to integrate…
First Medicare funding for genomic testing to commence on 1 May
Genomic testing to diagnose children with a suspected complex genetic condition will be funded by Medicare for the first time, benefiting thousands of families across Australia. This new funding is the centrepiece of a raft of…
Genomic education (continuing)..!
The team that develops and deploys education activities for Melbourne Genomics continues to deliver its work – online, remotely and in new, creative formats. In the past fortnight, the latest cohort of students commenced the…
Genomics can provide more accurate diagnosis for patients with bone marrow failure
A study recently published in Haematologica funded by Melbourne Genomics has found that genomic characterisation – targeted sequencing and whole exome sequencing – resulted in a change of diagnosis for more than a quarter of…
Results from Melbourne Genomics Congenital Deafness study now fully published
Findings from the Melbourne Genomics Congenital Deafness Clinical Flagship have been published in two notable peer-reviewed journals. One of 16 clinical projects, the Deafness Flagship investigated the impact of genomic testing…
Genomics is effective for patients and families with dilated cardiomyopathy
Results from the Melbourne Genomics clinical project investigating the impact of genomic testing for the heart condition dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) have now been published. DCM is one of 16 areas of health investigated by…
Melbourne Genomics experts featured in ABC podcast on potential of genomic medicine
A new podcast now available from ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas program, ‘Is genomic medicine delivering on its potential?’ was recorded at a Melbourne Genomics public forum held late last year. Host Paul Barclay moderates a…
Real-world perspective on newborn genomic screening offered in Australian-first study
A Melbourne Genomics study published today in Genetics in Medicine has found that more than two-thirds (68 per cent) of parents who consented to genomic testing for hearing loss genes for their infant also accepted the offer of…
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