FDNA Announces New Grant for Genetic Testing of Patients with Unknown Diagnosis
Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 14, 2016 -- FDNA Inc. (Boston, MA) announced a new grant program for patients with an unknown diagnosis. Under this grant, FDNA will sponsor for genetic testing to be performed for patients with cases uploaded through the Face2Gene Online Unknown Forum.
The announcement was made at the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida and coincided with an announcement made at the Diagnostic Challenges session.
“FDNA is committed to making a positive impact, not only in the field of genetics, but also in the lives of patients,” said Dekel Gelbman, FDNA’s Chief Executive Officer. “These grants for genetic testing represent real hope for patients in our Face2Gene Online Unknown Forum, many of whom have exhausted their options for finding an answer to their symptoms.”
FDNA is inviting reference labs to join this initiative and extend this philanthropic effort so that more patients can get relief and conclude their diagnostic odyssey.
Genetic testing grants will be awarded to five patients, based on selection of a review committee made up of expert dysmorphologists.
Individuals and institutions interested in learning more about these grants, or who wish to partner with FDNA in this initiative can contact FDNA at info(at)FDNA(dot)com.
About Face2Gene
Face2Gene facilitates detection of dysmorphic facial features and recognizable patterns of human malformations from a facial photo to present a list of matching syndromes with comprehensive and up-to-date references. Face2Gene leverages advanced algorithms and the cumulative experience of hundreds of genetics professionals and tens of thousands of analyzed cases continuously improving over time.
Face2Gene offers the genetics community a unique opportunity to study phenotype/genotype relationships for existing and new syndromes based on standardized and deep phenotyping.
For more information, please visit http://www.FDNA.com
About FDNA
FDNA’s mission is to save lives and improve the quality of life of patients with rare or difficult-to-diagnose syndromes. FDNA has developed the proprietary Facial Dysmorphology Novel Analysis (FDNA®) technology.
Jeff Daniels, FDNA, http://www.FDNA.com, +1 (508) 217-6929, [email protected]
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