Marvel creates superhero for deaf boy
25 May 2012, 3:06 pm
Boy refused to wear hearing aid until Marvel created character in likeness of boy

Football. Chip Vaughn to hold Inaugural Hungry and Humble Youth Football Camp
25 May 2012, 12:36 pm
Former Wake Forest defensive back and current NFL player Chip Vaughn will be holding his inaugural Hungry and Humble Youth Football Camp on Saturday, June 23, at BB&T Field.

Marvel Comics makes custom 'Future Avenger' for hearing-impaired boy
25 May 2012, 6:39 am
Enter The Blue Ear, a 'custom' young superhero modeled after the boy who, despite his powers, has to wear a hearing aid.

Sylvania girl's hearing aid stolen
24 May 2012, 5:59 pm
Four year old KiKi O'Neal needs a high-end hearing device. But someone stole the device from her grandmother's SUV in the parking lot of a store in Sylvania.

Prepping for Summer Launch of trisomy 21 Test, LifeCodexx Eyes Additional Indications
23 May 2012, 11:48 am
Full-text access for premium subscribers only. Existing premium subscribers login here . New to GenomeWeb? Register quickly here . The American Museum of Natural History's George Amato, director of the museum's Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, discusses conservation and "landscape" genetics, his PLoS One paper on the use of DNA barcoding to detect illegal bushmeat in New York-area ...

Ariosa Diagnostics Announces Publication of Study on Influential Factors Affecting Fetal DNA Concentration in Blood of ...
23 May 2012, 8:00 am
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ariosa Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics company, announced today the publication of a study that provides more information on the factors which may influence ...

New fetal DNA test detects Down syndrome
20 May 2012, 3:41 am
WORCESTER - A simple blood test done on maternal serum early in the first trimester of pregnancy to determine if a baby has Down syndrome, or trisomy 13 or trisomy 18, more severe genetic syndromes, will likely be offered to mothers in Worcester County later this year.

Study In Prenatal Diagnosis Finds Sequenom CMM's MaterniT21™ PLUS Lab-developed Test Accurately Detects Fetal ...
18 May 2012, 5:00 am
SAN DIEGO, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced that a new publication from the large Women ...

LifeCodexx completes PraenaTest clinical study on trisomy 21
2 May 2012, 1:29 am
LifeCodexx today announced the successful completion of the clinical validation study of its noninvasive test method for the detection of fetal trisomy 21 from maternal blood using Next Generation sequencing.

Dutch Group Adapts Non-Invasive Prenatal trisomy Sequencing for SOLiD; Plans Clinical Use across Netherlands
25 April 2012, 11:18 pm
Full-text access for premium subscribers only. Existing premium subscribers login here . New to GenomeWeb? Register quickly here .