Facial analysis technology aids diagnoses of genetic disorders

September 15, 2014
Deborah Levenson - AJMG SEQUENCE

… facial analysis program known as Face2Gene, launched recently by New York–based FDNA Accessible Genetics, is a genetic search and reference mobile application that has capabilities similar to the approach developed by the Oxford researchers. It can be downloaded for free to Apple devices.
Face2Gene is the result of several years of research, development, and validation by a group of geneticists led by Michael R. Hayden, MD, PhD, Chairman of FDNA’s Scientific Advisory Board and Steering Committee and Senior Scientist at the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics in Vancouver, Canada.

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