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Justin Petrone covers consumer genomics, ancestry testing, and the microarray and biochip sector of the genomics market for GenomeWeb.

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Jul 02, 2020

Genomics England, Sano, Zetta Building Platform to Support Rare Disease Patient Participation

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The software tool, currently in development, is set to be introduced next year and could also find application in other indications such as cancer.

Jun 24, 2020

Genetic Study Explains Link Between Osteoporosis Drug, Cardiovascular Risk

The findings underscore the value of carrying out large-scale human genetic analyses as part of drug target identification and validation efforts. 

 

 

Jun 19, 2020

Improved Pool Testing Methods Could Enable COVID-19 Screening as Pandemic Continues

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While new ways to carry out pool testing for SARS-CoV-2 abound, questions remain about sensitivity issues and the regulation of such tests.

Jun 17, 2020

Stilla Positions Six-Color Digital PCR System for Use in Oncology, Virology, GMO Testing

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The launch of the company's Prism system earlier this month should support the development of an accompanying menu of tests to serve diverse users.

Jun 11, 2020

Diversity Problem Hinders Adoption of Polygenic Risk Scores, According to ESHG Panel

Polygenic risk scores have the potential to impact cancer screening, autoimmune disease testing, and therapeutics development, but more diverse data is needed.

Jun 10, 2020

Italian Researchers Use Whole-Exome Sequencing to Unravel COVID-19 Disease Susceptibility

The researchers presented their findings during the European Society of Human Genetics meeting, which was webcast this week.

Jun 03, 2020

Base Genomics Raises $11M to Support Commercialization of Methylation Sequencing Platform

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The Oxford, UK-based firm announced the closure of a seed financing round this week as well as plans to develop a methylation-based blood test for early-stage cancer detection. 

May 05, 2020

Scottish Researchers, Oxford BioDynamics Partner to Identify Epigenetic COVID-19 Biomarkers

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The partners aim to identify signatures to predict the severity of disease in those infected and determine how patients will respond to therapies.

Apr 29, 2020

UK's DnaNudge Prepares Cartridge-Based PCR Test for COVID-19 Testing

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The UK Department of Health and Social Care has already ordered 10,000 RNA test cartridges from the company, which expects to obtain a CE-IVD mark for its test within weeks.

Apr 24, 2020

Ancestry to Make Consumer Genomics Database Available for COVID-19 Research Project

Data collected from volunteers will be used in a genome-wide association study to better understand COVID-19.

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Working Out the Effect

The Washington Post reports on researchers' efforts to determine the effect of an increasingly common SARS-CoV-2 mutation.

Increased Genetic Privacy in Florida

Florida Politics reports Florida's law barring life, long-term care, and disability insurers from using genetic information in coverage decisions went into effect at the beginning of July.

Attention-Grabbing in Two Ways

A new analysis finds a link between popular media coverage of a scientific study and how often that paper is cited.

Nature Papers Describe CRISPR Plant Editing Methods, DNA-PAINT Improvements, More

In Nature this week: CRISPR approaches to editing plant genomes, way to speed up DNA-PAINT, and more.

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