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Sep 25, 2020

M2Gen Expands Partnership With Discovery Life Sciences

Bioinformatics firm M2Gen will analyze whole-exome sequencing and tumor RNA-seq data for the HudsonAlpha genomic lab affiliate.

Sep 24, 2020

Catalog DNA Merges Molecular Biology, Information Theory to Pursue DNA-Based Computing

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The Boston-based firm is pursuing nanopore technology as a readout for its unique information-encoding format, which could help customers store vast amounts of data.

Sep 22, 2020

Google DeepVariant Boosts Accuracy of Indel Calls in PacBio Long Reads

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In a PrecisionFDA challenge, DeepVariant calls of PacBio HiFi reads topped 99 percent precision and recall for SNVs and indels, bringing HiFi in line with Illumina. 

Sep 15, 2020

ERS Genomics, Applied StemCell Ink Commercialization Agreement for CRISPR Services, Reagents

Applied StemCell, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, will develop and sell CRISPR-based services and reagents under a license from ERS Genomics.

Aug 31, 2020

Genetron Health Joins Chinese R&D Project for Early Cancer Screenings

The goal of the project is to build a liquid biopsy-based early detection technology platform and develop tests for lung and digestive system cancers.

Aug 03, 2020

Pacific Biosciences, Asuragen Collaborate on Clinical Assays

Asuragen will develop assays for PacBio's long-read next-generation sequencing systems, with an initial focus on developing a carrier screening assay.

Jul 16, 2020

NIH Grants HelixBind $3M for Early Detection Lyme Test

The firm's test detects DNA from tick-borne bacteria directly from a patient's blood, and clinical studies are planned for the 2021 tick season.

Jul 09, 2020

Curetis Gains Access to Additional €5 Million Debt Financing for COVID-19 R&D

The additional €5 million from the European Investment Bank will co-fund R&D across the platforms and product portfolios of Curetis and Ares Genetics.

Jul 07, 2020

Cancer Research UK, Abcam Partner to Develop Custom Antibodies for Cancer Research

Abcam will develop custom protein-based reagents for targets identified by researchers funded by Cancer Research UK. 

Jun 30, 2020

Argonne, UAE Ministry of Health Install New Nvidia GPUs for COVID-19 Analysis

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Nvidia customers in the US and the Middle East expect that the newly introduced A100 servers will accelerate research into the novel coronavirus.

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The Scan

This Time, Novavax

Novavax has begun a phase III trial of its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, according to the New York Times.

New York's Own Review

The governor of New York says the state will conduct its own review of any SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, NPR reports.

Shortened Visas for Some Students

Vox reports that the Trump Administration may limit student visas for individuals from some countries to two years.

Science Papers Examine Y Chromosomes of Archaic Humans, Schistosomiasis Therapeutic Targets

This week in Science: Neanderthal Y chromosomes replaced by Homo sapiens Y chromosomes, and more.

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  3. Google DeepVariant Boosts Accuracy of Indel Calls in PacBio Long Reads

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