MCRI’s POSSUMweb and FDNA’s Face2Gene Announce Exclusive Integration to Improve Speed and Accuracy of Rare Disease Diagnosis

October 11, 2017

MCRI & FDNA

“Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service (VCGS) have partnered with Boston-based FDNA for full integration and exclusive distribution of MCRI’s POSSUMweb database through FDNA’s Face2Gene suite of software applications. POSSUMweb’s database integration will assist clinicians in shortening the diagnostic timeline for patients by providing insights from over 4,000 syndromes, including multiple malformations, metabolic, teratogenic, chromosomal, and skeletal syndromes.”

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