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New test utilizes technology based on PacBio's PureTarget sequencing method to uncover genetic causes of disease BOSTON , July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Athena Diagnostics, the specialty neurology business of Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced a new laboratory test service intended to provide insights into genetic causes of ataxia, a group of progressive, degenerative neurological disorders that affect movement or coordination. The new service is a laboratory developed test that identifies sequences of DNA that repeat many times across a long stretch of the genome.