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Nucleix, MD Anderson Partner on Methylation-Based Lung Cancer Dx Tests

The collaborators will initially evaluate methylation markers that they believe are important for characterizing lung cancer subtypes.

Bioinformatics Method Could Improve Detection of Off-Target CRISPR Activity
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Israeli researchers have developed CRISPector, which separates signal from noise better than earlier quality-control tools, a new paper shows.

Yourgene, Alliance Global Sign Distribution Deal for Middle East, Africa

Dubai-based Alliance Global will distribute Yourgene's noninvasive prenatal tests, reproductive health tests, and other products across a broad range of territories.

Euformatics Signs Distribution Deal With Saudi Arabia's Al-Jeel

Riyadh-based Al-Jeel Medical and Trading Co. is augmenting its NGS partnership with Illumina by adding Euformatics analytics software to its portfolio.

In Brief This Week: Ginkgo Bioworks, Novacyt, Viome, and More

News items for the week of May 3, 2021. 

Apr 23, 2021

COVID-19 Severity Linked to mRNA, lncRNA Signature in Blood

Apr 22, 2021

Todos Medical Acquires Provista Diagnostics for $7.5M

Apr 15, 2021

Cancer Dx Firm C2i Genomics Raises $100M in Financing

Apr 15, 2021

Neanderthal Population Replacement Detected Using Spanish Cave Sediments

Apr 9, 2021

Microbial Fingerprints, Health Insights Gleaned From Individual Gut Microbiome Dynamics

Apr 8, 2021

Armed With $55M in New Funding, Nucleix to Further Invest in Early-Stage Lung Cancer Dx
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Apr 7, 2021

Nucleix Raises $55M in Financing Round

Mar 30, 2021

Todos Medical Acquires US Commercial Rights to Osang Healthcare Coronavirus Test

Mar 25, 2021

Wild Animal Gut Microbiomes Reveal New Species, Ties to Host Traits

Mar 19, 2021

In Brief This Week: Grail, Prometheus Biosciences, Iridia, and More

Mar 18, 2021

Study Shows 1 Percent of European Couples at Risk of Having Child With Severe Recessive Disorder

Mar 10, 2021

Agena Inks MassArray Distribution Deal for Middle East, Africa, Central Asia

Feb 26, 2021

In Brief This Week: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Invitae, and More

Feb 23, 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Test Pooling Studies Offer Insights for Implementing, Optimizing Approaches

Feb 22, 2021

Multiple Myeloma Therapy Targets, Resistance Pathways Identified With Single-Cell Sequencing

Feb 19, 2021

NRGene Looks to Royalty-Based Partnerships in Wake of IPO
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Feb 11, 2021

Immunai Closes $60M Series A Round

Feb 9, 2021

Germline Genetic Variants May Influence Tumor Immune Microenvironment, Treatment Response

Feb 5, 2021

In Brief This Week: Hologic, PercayAI, Guardant Health, and More

Jan 26, 2021

NRGene Completes $30.6M IPO

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Billions for Antivirals

The US is putting $3.2 billion toward a program to develop antivirals to treat COVID-19 in its early stages, the Wall Street Journal reports.

NFT of the Web

Tim Berners-Lee, who developed the World Wide Web, is auctioning its original source code as a non-fungible token, Reuters reports.

23andMe on the Nasdaq

23andMe's shares rose more than 20 percent following its merger with a special purpose acquisition company, as GenomeWeb has reported.

Science Papers Present GWAS of Brain Structure, System for Controlled Gene Transfer

In Science this week: genome-wide association study ties variants to white matter stricture in the brain, and more.