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Illumina stockholders have voted to re-elect four members of its board of directors, approving three-year terms on the board for Daniel Bradbury, Robert Epstein, and Roy Whitfield, and a two-year term for President Francis deSouza.


Singulex has appointed Peter Heseltine as chief medical officer. Heseltine is professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, Irvine. Previously, he was senior vice president and chief medical officer at Prometheus Laboratories. He also held executive positions at Beckman Coulter and Quest Diagnostics.


Enzo Biochem has appointed James O'Brien as senior VP of finance, succeeding Andrew Crescenzo, who is leaving the company. Enzo also said that former Chief Operations Officer Andrew Whiteley has resigned.

O'Brien most recently was VP and corporate controller for Actavis; has held senior finance posts at Nycomed US, Aptuit, Purdue Pharma, and Bristol Myers Squibb; and began his career as an accountant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

The Scan

Positive Framing of Genetic Studies Can Spark Mistrust Among Underrepresented Groups

Researchers in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances report that how researchers describe genomic studies may alienate potential participants.

Small Study of Gene Editing to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

In a Novartis-sponsored study in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that a CRISPR-Cas9-based treatment targeting promoters of genes encoding fetal hemoglobin could reduce disease symptoms.

Gut Microbiome Changes Appear in Infants Before They Develop Eczema, Study Finds

Researchers report in mSystems that infants experienced an enrichment in Clostridium sensu stricto 1 and Finegoldia and a depletion of Bacteroides before developing eczema.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment Specificity Enhanced With Stem Cell Editing

A study in Nature suggests epitope editing in donor stem cells prior to bone marrow transplants can stave off toxicity when targeting acute myeloid leukemia with immunotherapy.