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CRISPR-IL Consortium Hopes AI Can Improve Accuracy, Efficiency of Gene Editing
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The Israeli government-funded group of biotech, pharma, computational biology, and agriculture interests has developed software for predicting CRISPR guide RNA.

Seven Bridges Genomics to Foster Partnerships Between Health Systems, Pharmas With New Subsidiary
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The Unified Patient Network expects pharmaceutical companies to sponsor whole-genome sequencing for patients from health systems for research and clinical purposes.

Israeli Government Extends CRISPR-IL Consortium With $14.5M in New Funding

The second 18-month phase of the program to develop AI technologies for gene editing seeks to validate and refine software developed since last year.

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.

Jun 15, 2021

Autism Sharing Initiative Brings Federated Data Model to Research, Clinical Care
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Apr 30, 2021

Transcriptomic Algorithm Shows Ability to Predict Progression-Free Survival in Cancer Patients
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Mar 2, 2021

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

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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Omicron's Sewage Path

The New York Times writes that testing sewage is helping public health officials track Omicron.

IBM Sells Part of Watson Health

The Wall Street Journal reports IBM is selling part of its Watson Health business to an investment firm.

Identifying the Right Whales

The Boston Globe writes that genetic testing has helped identify North American right whales and find that weaning can take place earlier than thought.

Science Papers on Approach to Quickly Sort Single Cells, Alternative Splicing in Cancer

In Science this week: high-speed sorting of single cells using fluorescence imaging, and more.