Biomarker Discovery & Validation
News on biomarker discovery and validation for research and diagnostic use in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
PrecisionLife, Sano Genetics Partner to Identify Long COVID Biomarkers, Drug Targets
The companies will analyze anonymized patient data collected by Sano Genetics from thousands of long COVID patients.
New Epigenomic Biomarker Could Predict CAR T-Cell Therapy Resistance in Advanced Childhood Leukemia
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At AACR, researchers described how pediatric ALL patients who don't respond to anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy have cancers with a unique, stem cell-like epigenome.
Cancer Genomics Project in Southwestern American Indians Aims to Improve Research, Care Disparities
The NCI-funded project, which was delayed due to the pandemic, is poised to begin, and aims to provide actionable data and build a reference genome for American Indians.
Data presented at the AACR annual meeting suggests that some recurrent breast cancers after DCIS are actually new primary tumors in some high-risk patients.
SomaLogic to Process 30K Samples for European Cancer Study
The Boulder, Colorado-based proteomics firm will also create a center of excellence at Imperial College London to research chronic diseases.