NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 1, 2026--
For years, Susan watched her two children collapse without warning. Episodes of sudden, full-body muscle weakness that came and went — sometimes lasting minutes, sometimes hours. Between episodes, they looked like any other healthy kids. And that was the problem.
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Susan, a single mother in a small town in New Zealand, took her children to doctor after doctor. Blood panels came back normal. She was told the symptoms were stress-related. No referrals. No follow-up. No answers.
She was raising two children with a condition no one could name — and carrying the weight of that question alone.
"I watched my children go from running and playing to being unable to stand," Susan said. "Every time I brought them in, the tests said they were fine. I started to feel like the system had decided I was the problem, not their symptoms."
After her own research, Susan ordered Dante Labs Whole Genome Sequencing for both children. The reports identified pathogenic variants associated with periodic paralysis — an ultra-rare inherited condition affecting approximately 1 in 100,000 people. Standard panels test just a few genes. Whole genome sequencing reads the full DNA.
The variants had been there since birth. Undetected.
When Susan brought the reports to her children's medical team, everything changed. Neurologists accepted the findings. Geneticists followed. Her children now have access to the specialists they needed — clinicians working to confirm the findings, identify triggers, and build a management plan.
"For years, no one listened," Susan said. "Now the best specialists are paying attention. Now my kids have a name for what is happening to them — and a medical team that believes it."
"Behind every genome is a person living inside questions that traditional technologies have not yet answered," said Andrea Riposati, co-founder and CEO of Dante Labs. "The genome provides an unbiased view of every person’s code. We built this company for families like hers."
Susan's name has been anonymized to protect her family's privacy.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Max Fried permitted only three singles in seven sparkling innings, Giancarlo Stanton drove in two runs and the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Tuesday night.
Stanton became the fourth player in Yankees history with multiple hits in each of the team’s first five games of a season, joining Alfonso Soriano (2003), Bill Skowron (1956) and Bob Meusel (1928).
The 36-year-old slugger put New York up 2-0 in the first with an RBI single after Ben Rice’s run-scoring double off starter Logan Gilbert (1-1).
In the sixth, Stanton ripped an RBI double to make it 4-0. It was part of a three-run inning, as Trent Grisham scored on a throwing error by catcher Cal Raleigh, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. added an RBI single.
Fried (2-0) was brilliant in winning his career-high eighth straight regular-season start dating to Aug. 27, 2025. The left-hander has not given up a run in 13 1/3 innings this season. He tossed 6 1/3 innings of two-hit ball in a win at San Francisco on opening night last Wednesday.
Josh Naylor snapped an 0-for-20 skid to start the season with a single for Seattle in the fourth. Julio Rodríguez and Brendan Donovan both singled in the seventh off Fried, who threw 60 of his 90 pitches for strikes.
Brent Headrick and Tim Hill each worked an inning to finish the four-hitter as the Mariners were held without an extra-base hit.
In their first day game this season, the Mariners will start RHP George Kirby (1-0) against RHP Cam Schlittler (1-0) in the finale of the three-game series Wednesday.
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New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried reacts after a center fielder Trent Grisham caught a long line drive from Seattle Mariners' Randy Arozarena for an out during the second inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Logan Gilbert throws against the New York Yankees during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh walks to the dugout after striking out against the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton reacts after hitting an RBI single against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried throws against the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
