Illumina Shareholders Vote out Board Chairman
Shareholders voted to appoint Carl Icahn's nominee Andrew Teno, at the expense of John Thompson, but kept CEO Francis deSouza on the board.

Blood Pressure Genetic Variants Linked to Regulatory Functions, Cardiovascular Pathways
Using massively parallel reporter assays and other approaches, researchers explored the functional effects of blood pressure-associated variants and narrowed in on causal variants.
The artificial intelligence-driven platform is competing with Amazon Omics to support multiomic big data in healthcare and life sciences.
GA4GH Updates Strategic Plan to Emphasize Interoperability of Genomic, Clinical Data
The first refresh of the plan since GA4GH incorporated in 2020 is a stepping stone to wider adoption of precision medicine.
Coronary Artery Calcium Score Beats Polygenic Risk Score at Heart Disease Risk Prediction
The combination of the two scores also had no additive predictive power compared with the coronary artery calcium score alone, the researchers found.
NanoString Reaffirms Revenue Guidance, Reassures Customers Following CosMx Injunction in Germany
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In a call with investors on Monday, the Seattle-based spatial biology firm accused 10x Genomics of fearmongering aimed at NanoString's investors and customers.