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Data Privacy Concerns Top of Mind for Planned African Genome Project
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As organizers develop a plan to sequence 3 million genomes across Africa, bioinformaticians weigh the benefits and risks of such a large, diverse dataset.

AbbVie, Biogen, Pfizer Join With Broad Institute on Genebass Exome Variant Project
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The biopharma companies are looking to accelerate the completion of UK Biobank Exome Sequencing Consortium data analysis to aid drug discovery.

Autism Sharing Initiative Brings Federated Data Model to Research, Clinical Care
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DNAstack, Autism Speaks, and a Canadian-led coalition of hospitals, pharma companies, and patient advocates are turning to big data and GA4GH standards to raise understanding of autism.

Transcriptomic Algorithm Shows Ability to Predict Progression-Free Survival in Cancer Patients
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WIN Consortium researchers have shown that a prototype "digital display precision predictor" may identify patents who will live longer on treatments without progression.

NIH, Partners Commit $74.9M to New Phase of Alzheimer's Program

AMP AD 2.0 will look to bring precision medicine technologies to Alzheimer's biomarker and target discovery over the next five year.

Feb 16, 2021

LifeArc Providing £5M for COVID-19 Study on Genomics of Severe Disease

Feb 9, 2021

European Project Sets Out to Harness Genomics Data, AI to Create New Predictive Tools
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Feb 8, 2021

Sophia Genetics, Spanish Lung Cancer Group Team up to Predict Lung Cancer Treatment Response

Dec 9, 2020

Nonprofit Friends of Cancer Research Launches Public-Private HRD Harmonization Project

Dec 1, 2020

Canadian Consortium Launches COVID Cloud to Support Molecular Research

Aug 28, 2020

UK Consortium Wins £6.5M From Government to Study SARS-CoV-2 Immune Response

May 1, 2020

CDC Leads Public-Private Consortium to Coordinate SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequencing in US

Apr 21, 2020

New York COVID-19 Genomics Research Network Coalesces to Battle Pandemic

Apr 21, 2020

Saama-Led Consortium Seeks Data-Driven Answers to COVID-19

Apr 20, 2020

Blueprint Genetics, NICER Consortium Developing Genetic Test for Immunologic, Hematologic Disorders

Apr 16, 2020

IBM Opens Up Informatics Toolkit to Accelerate COVID-19 Research, Drug Development

Apr 10, 2020

Israeli Consortium Launches Patient Sequencing Study to Uncover COVID-19 Genetic Risk Factors

Mar 25, 2020

UK COVID-19 Sequencing Consortium to Reveal Viral Spread, Evolution

Mar 23, 2020

UK COVID-19 Sequencing Consortium Launches With £20M in Government, Wellcome Trust Funding

Feb 25, 2020

10x Genomics Unveils 2020 New Product Pipeline at AGBT
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Feb 5, 2020

Medical Organizations Form Reproductive Genetics Technology Consortium

Dec 18, 2019

Nordic Project Aims to Investigate Link Between Mental Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
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Nov 12, 2019

India's IndiGen Project to Sequence 20K Genomes, Support New Clinical Applications
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Oct 24, 2019

New Parkinson's Disease RNA-Seq Dataset Enables Search for Disease Biomarkers
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Sep 26, 2019

Vanderbilt Leans on BioVU as it Builds 'All of Us' Database, Infrastructure
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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 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.