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News Archive for 2008
January
18 Jan 2008 - EMQN and GfH EQA scheme merger
We are very pleased to announce that on December 20th 2007 the board of the German Society of Human Genetics (GfH) approved the merger of the EMQN and GfH External Quality Assessment schemes.
31 Jan 2008 - Publication on Developmental delay & mental retardation
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14 Jan 2008 - Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in Europe
The IPTS, ESTO and EuroGentest report on PGD in Europe has been released and again highlights the pressing need for EuroGentest’s harmonization work.
22 Jan 2008 - Registration open for new Workshops on Quality
The registration is now open for the workshop on 'Accreditation in genetic testing services' and the workshop 'Towards accreditation - managing the human side of change' organized in parallel, just before the ESHG in Barcelona. February
06 Feb 2008 - Survey Patent Licensing in Medical Biotechnology in Europe
The invitation for the survey has in particular been sent to professionals dealing with patenting and licensing in medical biotechnology. Eurogentest strongly encourages its Members to take part in this survey, so as to ensure that its results will accurately reflect the current situation and the needs of the genetic community.
12 Feb 2008 - New European Network of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors
While there are a growing number of non-medical genetic practitioners in clinical practice in Europe, there has not been any organisation dedicated to the needs of those professionals.
19 Feb 2008 - Report on 1st Workshop in Genetics and Public Health for Developing Countries
The EuroGentest a model for similar networks in Latin America More...
04 Feb 2008 - Patient Rights reports for Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia
A new series on Patient Rights - including patient privacy, consent, antidiscrimination - are now available for Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia
12 Feb 2008 - The IVD Directive and Genetic Testing: Problems and proposals
14 Feb 2008 - Technology Assessment report on Fragile X testing by use of the "Abbott kit"
19 Feb 2008 - New auditorium for Eurogentest partners from Ecuador.
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March
18 Mar 2008 - UK NEQAS has opened registration for the CF testing on blood spots to European laboratories
UK NEQAS for Molecular Genetics has opened registration for the Cystic fibrosis testing on blood spots External Quality Assurance (EQA) 2008 scheme to European laboratories. Numbers have been limited for this year so any interested parties should contact the Scheme Organiser as soon as possible.
19 Mar 2008 - Request for Consultation on Core Competence documents
April
01 Apr 2008 - Essay Contest for High School Students
22 Apr 2008 - DNA patenting and European Clinical Laboratories
May
19 May 2008 - Patient Rights reports for Spain and Portugal
27 May 2008 - Instrument for quality self-assessment in provision of genetic counselling
29 May 2008 - Core competences in genetics for health professionals in Europe
26 May 2008 - Clinical utility gene cards
27 May 2008 - Release of second version of report on the accreditation workshops
New release including a new chapter on 'managing the human side of change'. More...
30 May 2008 - Patenting and licensing in genetic testing: ethical, legal and social issues
June
05 Jun 2008 - European Advanced Postgraduate Course in Classical and Molecular Cytogenetics
The course in Montpellier/Nîmes - France is designed to provide medical graduates, pharmacists, researchers, graduate students and health professionals with advanced training in constitutional, haematological, and oncological cytogenetics. July
04 Jul 2008 - CEQA celebrates its 100th registration
04 Jul 2008 - BRCA screening by HRM on the LightCyclerLightCycler
Presentation from Tom Janssens (Unit 5) online now More...
25 Jul 2008 - Workshop "fulfilling the requirements of ISO 15189 for management review, internal quality control and external quality assessment"
9-10 October 2008, Berlin, Germany. Preliminary agenda available and registration open. More...
August
26 Aug 2008 - Workshop ‘Gender and Genetics’ to take place on 23 September 2008
EuroGentest will be well represented at the first congress of the Latin American Network of Human Genetics (RELAGH) in October with presentations on both the overall project and individual topics such as Quality Management in the Laboratory, Essential knowledge in Medical Genetics for Health Professionals, Information for Patients, Presymptomatic diagnosis and predictive medicine and the Orphanet database September
04 Sep 2008 - CEQA scheme open for 2008
CEQA opens it's EQA schemes on 26th of August and closes them on 23th September More...
23 Sep 2008 - EuroGentest website redesigned
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Our web masters have redesigned several of our web pages and upgraded many of its functions to provide you with a better platform for genetic testing.
17 Sep 2008 - Alamut evaluation report ready
October
10 Oct 2008 - Open Call: Diagnostic Molecular Genetics Best Practice Meeting
10 Oct 2008 - Have patients' opinions been asked?
A review of 102 studies from the years 1997- 2007 on patient perspective of genetic counselling services in genetic testing
28 Oct 2008 - The Cyprus Society of Human Genetics held its 1st International Conference
The majority of the participants were from Cyprus, but a large number of colleagues from various European countiries and the US had also found their way to this very interesting meeting. November
24 Nov 2008 - Update on guidelines for molecular genetic diagnosis of CF and CFTR-related disorders
We are pleased to inform you that the update of the best practice guidelines for the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, were published this summer. Download them here
28 Nov 2008 - Patient leaflets translated into Portuguese, Croatian and Italian
The patient leaflet series has been a major success and has now been translated into Portuguese, Croatian and Italian
25 Nov 2008 - www.europatientrights.eu: New website launched on Patient Rights in the EU
Unit 6 launched a new website with a general overview of the national patient rights legislation in Europe. Domains: www.europatientrights.eu and www.europeanpatientrights.eu NEW : Added in last 2 months.
