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Andrea Anderson covers genomics research studies and translational research for GenomeWeb. Find her on Twitter at @andyandy_tk.

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Jun 05, 2019

Pilot Projects to Assess Newly Released mCODE Proposals for Cancer-Related EHR Standardization

The mCODE team recently released standards for inputting genomic and other data into patient records to boost patient record transferability and trial participation.

Jun 04, 2019

Color Panel Reveals Hereditary Cancer Risk in Trinidad and Tobago Breast Cancer Patients

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By profiling hereditary risk variants in women with breast cancer, researchers hope to lay the foundation for future genetic testing programs in the Caribbean country.

Jun 03, 2019

Lynparza Delays Progression in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Patients With Germline BRCA Mutations

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Olaparib maintenance therapy stretched out progression-free survival, suggesting a need for germline BRCA1/2 mutation testing in pancreatic cancer patients.

May 30, 2019

PreCancer Atlas Attempts to Push Precision Medicine to Early-Stage Disease

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Cancer Moonshot-funded teams are profiling pre-cancers in an effort to establish targeted treatment, detection, and prevention methods that can be applied before cancers form.

Apr 16, 2019

Ancient European, Pathogen DNA Data Promises to Shed Light on Brain Disorders, Infectious Disease

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To understand the evolution of brain conditions and other traits, investigators plan to sequence human and pathogen DNA in thousands of samples from Europe.

Apr 08, 2019

Cancer Sequencing Finds Germline Risk Variants in Many CHOP Pediatric Cancer Cases

At the ACMG meeting, a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia researcher described finding relatively high rates of hereditary cancer variants in tumor sequence data.

Apr 08, 2019

Expanded Germline Panel Testing in Cancer Patients Catches Risk Variants Missed by Focused Tests

Research presented at ACMG by Invitae suggests that clinically actionable variants in cancer patients are missed by germline testing that is not done with expanded panels.

Apr 05, 2019

Color, NorthShore Pilot Project Results Reported at ACMG

A NorthShore University HealthSystem and Color pilot picked up pathogenic variants in nearly 9 percent of unselected individuals with a hereditary cancer gene test.

Apr 05, 2019

Ambry Researchers Report Consequences of RNA-Based Variant Reclassification at ACMG

Researchers classified 64 hereditary cancer gene variants with RNA genetic test data, investigating related management changes and potential impacts in other DNA test recipients.

Jan 17, 2019

Wheat Blast Genomic Analyses Highlighted at PAG

Kansas State University's Barbara Valent outlined genomics research underway to combat a fungal pathogen with the potential to seriously compromise wheat production.

The Scan

Texas Board Criticizes ANDE

The Associated Press reports that a state board in Texas has asked ANDE, a maker of rapid DNA machines, to halt its work there.

James Wyngaarden Dies

James Wyngaarden, the former director of the US National Institutes of Health, has died at 94, according to Duke University School of Medicine.

Both Beluga and Narwhal

Researchers find that a 30-year-old skull comes from a narwhal-beluga hybrid, according to Science News.

Nature Presents Benefits of Diverse GWAS and More

In Nature this week: study of value diversity in GWAS, Epstein-Barr virus subtypes linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma risk, and more.

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