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In Brief This Week: Illumina, Personalis, Proteomedix, and More

News items for the week of Sept. 20, 2021. 

People in the News: New Appointments at Hologic, Akoya Biosciences, Caris Life Sciences, More

New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: Becton Dickinson, Cosmos-ID, OncoDNA, More

Global Supply Chain Issues Catch up to Illumina, Leading to Delayed NGS Projects
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Illumina blamed "manufacturing and supplier capacity constraints" for weekslong delays seen on orders for certain sequencing reagent kits.

Second Genome, Virginia Commonwealth University Partner on NASH Biomarker Discovery

Second Genome aims to identify a composite biomarker for the noninvasive diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis patients with advanced fibrosis.

Sep 23, 2021

Esophageal Cancer Testing Firm Lucid Diagnostics Files For IPO

Sep 23, 2021

Twist Bioscience, DeepCDR Collaborate on Antibody Library Design

Sep 23, 2021

PhenoBiome Inks US Distribution Deal With Genetic Direction for Gut Microbiome Assay Service

Sep 22, 2021

Aviv Scientific Closes $40M Series B Financing Round

Sep 22, 2021

Hexagon Bio Raises $61M in Private Financing Round

Sep 21, 2021

GenXys, Helix Partner to Provide Clinical Decision Support for PGx Testing

Sep 21, 2021

Persephone Biosciences, Janssen Biotech Ink Biomarker Discovery Agreement

Sep 21, 2021

Personal Genome Diagnostics, Cleveland Clinic Join Forces to Advance Liquid Biopsy

Sep 21, 2021

PhenoTips Raises C$2.5M in Seed Funding

Sep 21, 2021

Fauna Bio Raises $9M in Seed Money

Sep 21, 2021

Phosphorus Wins Conditional New York State Approval for GeneCompass Consumer Test

Sep 20, 2021

Helix, Medical University of South Carolina Partner for Population Genomics Program

Sep 20, 2021

European Commission Objects to Illumina Pushing Through Grail Purchase, Mulls Response

Sep 20, 2021

Forensic Genomics Firm Othram Raises $18M in Series B Round

Sep 20, 2021

Genomenon, Alexion Pharmaceuticals Team on Rare Disease Dx

Sep 20, 2021

Grail Gets NY State Department of Health Approval for Galleri Multicancer Test

Sep 20, 2021

Top Five Articles on GenomeWeb Last Week: Ginkgo Bioworks, Illumina, FDA, and More

Sep 17, 2021

New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: Oxford Nanopore, Beckman Coulter, Thermo Fisher Scientific, More

Sep 17, 2021

People in the News: New Appointments at Sema4, NHGRI, Dante Labs, Ancestry, More

Sep 17, 2021

Thermo Fisher Scientific Expects 12 Percent Revenue Growth in 2022

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US Booster Eligibility Decision

The US CDC director recommends that people at high risk of developing COVID-19 due to their jobs also be eligible for COVID-19 boosters, in addition to those 65 years old and older or with underlying medical conditions.

Arizona Bill Before Judge

The Arizona Daily Star reports that a judge is weighing whether a new Arizona law restricting abortion due to genetic conditions is a ban or a restriction.

Additional Genes

Wales is rolling out new genetic testing service for cancer patients, according to BBC News.

Science Papers Examine State of Human Genomic Research, Single-Cell Protein Quantification

In Science this week: a number of editorials and policy reports discuss advances in human genomic research, and more.