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Israeli Health Ministry Warns of Faulty Genetic Tests Affecting Over 90,000
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First reported by Panet · 5 hours ago
What happened
Israel's Ministry of Health is alerting over 90,000 individuals to potentially inaccurate genetic test results for the BRCA 1 gene due to a malfunction in kits from the company Gamidor. Affected individuals will be contacted for potential retesting.
- 01Over 90,000 genetic tests may have yielded false negative results.
- 02The BRCA 1 gene carrier tests were distributed by Israeli company Gamidor.
- 03The Ministry of Health warns of potential inaccuracies in the genetic tests.
- 04Approximately 100 samples are suspected of having incorrect negative results.
- 05Affected individuals will be contacted by genetic institutes for follow-up.
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