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Julia Karow tracks trends in next-generation sequencing for research and clinical applications for GenomeWeb. Follow her on Twitter at @Julia_Karow.

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Oct 15, 2018

New York City Drinking Water Microbiome Study Reveals Variety of Bacterial Species

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene researchers discovered almost 700 bacterial species in the city's drinking water, including samples before and after treatment.

Oct 10, 2018

New Cancer Genomics Project Banks on New York City's Ethnic Diversity

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Initiated the by New York Genome Center Cancer Group, the Polyethnic-1000 project will focus on cancer patients from ethnic minority groups.

Oct 04, 2018

Mayo Clinic Launches Educational Consumer Genetics App That Also Provides Some Health Results

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The app provides results for 15 genetic conditions in the areas of carrier screening, genetic disease risk, medication response, and health-related traits.

Sep 20, 2018

Chinese DTC Genomics Firm WeGene Plans to Go International, Expand Cohort Research

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The Shenzhen-based company offers personal genomics services in China that are similar to those provided by 23andMe, Ancestry, and Helix in the US.

Sep 13, 2018

Vertebrate Genomes Project Releases First Assemblies; Describes Challenges, Plans

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The VGP released its first 15 high-quality reference genome assemblies today, which are part of the project's first phase to sequence 260 vertebrate genomes.

Sep 11, 2018

Yale to Launch Large-Scale Genomic Medicine Project

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Starting in early 2019, Yale plans to sign up at least 100,000 patients to analyze their genomes and EHR data for research and return of clinically actionable results.

Sep 05, 2018

Quantapore Working Towards Commercialization of Optical Nanopore Sequencing Tech

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The Menlo Park, California-based company plans to demonstrate its sequencing technology on a small genome in the near future.

Aug 27, 2018

With Rehm as Chief Genomics Officer, MGH Starts Studying Utility of WGS, Plans Genomic Risk Clinic

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Heidi Rehm

To nudge genetic testing labs to share their variant data, MGH now requires that labs to which it sends tests to contribute variants to the ClinVar database.

Jul 25, 2018

TwinStrand Targets Toxicity Testing, Cancer Diagnostics for Sequencing Error Correction Tech

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The firm is preparing to launch its first kits and has identified cancer detection and monitoring as well as genotoxicity testing as initial applications.

Jul 16, 2018

PARP Inhibitors May Benefit Patients With Rare Hereditary Cancer Syndromes

The syndromes — HLRCC and SDH PGL/PCC — suppress DNA repair by homologous recombination, rendering tumors vulnerable to PARP inhibitors. 

The Scan

Microsoft, But the Brain, Too

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen also contributed to brain research, NPR reports.

Been Reclassified

The New York Times reports on the shifting interpretations of what some genetic variants mean over time.

This Week in Cell

In Cell this week: investigation of metastatic tumor evolution, more than 16,000 genetic variants introduced into the budding yeast model organism, and more.

Pursuit of a Cancer Vaccine

MIT's Technology Review reports on Genentech's pursuit of personalized cancer vaccines.

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