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Singapore Institutions Launch Program to Diagnose, Treat EBV-Associated Nasopharyngeal Cancer

The program, funded by Singapore's National Research Foundation, aims to identify Epstein-Barr virus strains associated with NPC in Southeast Asian populations. 

Tailor Bio Receives £650K UK Biomedical Grant to Develop Predictive Diagnostic for Ovarian Cancer

The startup will work with Illumina and the University of Cambridge to develop a test that identifies which ovarian cancer patients won't respond to doxorubicin chemotherapy.

California Passes State Budget Including $19.3M for Precision Medicine
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The funding is allocated to the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine for research related to depression and underrepresented populations.

Euformatics Wins €350K European Grant to Develop NGS Workflows for Cancer, Rare Disease Dx

The Finnish firm will also use the money to build a quality control system so labs can validate their research pipelines.

Cancer Genomics Project in Southwestern American Indians Aims to Improve Research, Care Disparities

The NCI-funded project, which was delayed due to the pandemic, is poised to begin, and aims to provide actionable data and build a reference genome for American Indians.

Sep 15, 2021

Broad Institute, Novo Nordisk Foundation Launch Center to Study Genomic Mechanisms of Disease

Jun 7, 2021

University of Sydney Wins A$1.4M Grant, Teams With Allelica on Cardiac Polygenic Risk Scores

May 21, 2021

European Project to Harness Biobanks, EHRs to Develop Precision Psychiatry Tools
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Mar 30, 2021

German COVID-19 Project Aims to Better Understand Role of Genetics in Disease Severity
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Mar 29, 2021

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Receives $325K Lymphoma Research Grant

Mar 5, 2021

Fauna Bio Gets $373K NIH Grant to Study Animal Genomes for Potential Drug Targets

Mar 3, 2021

Nonprofit Count Me In to Return Genomic Results to Patients With Rare Cancers
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Feb 23, 2021

Phase Genomics Wins $1.7M NIH Grant for Virus Discovery Platform Development

Feb 17, 2021

NCI Grants $1.9M to Roswell Park to Study Molecular Race-Based Breast Cancer Disparities

Feb 16, 2021

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

Jan 19, 2021

Devyser Receives €750K Grant to Build Sequencing Assay for Early Detection of Transplant Rejection

Jan 15, 2021

Mammoth Biosciences Taking Lead Role in DARPA-Funded Development of Pathogen Detection Tech
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Jan 14, 2021

DARPA Awards $36.7M to Six Organizations for Gene Editing-Based Dx, Biosurveillance Tech

Dec 22, 2020

Novigenix-Led Consortium Awarded Up to €1M to Develop Predictive Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Test

Dec 16, 2020

Sherlock Biosciences Receives $5M Gates Foundation Grant for COVID-19 Self-Test

Nov 4, 2020

Genome BC to Fund Development of Freshwater Fish DNA Library

Nov 2, 2020

Researchers Turn Methylated DNA Profiling Method Towards Prenatal Testing Applications
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Oct 16, 2020

NIH Kicks Off Second Stage of 4D Nucleome Program With $142M in Research Grants

Oct 13, 2020

SomaLogic, Academic Collaborators Win $1M NSF Grant to Develop Proteomic Screening Assay

Oct 6, 2020

Startup Coral Genomics Wins $2M SBIR Grant From NIH

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Self-Reported Hearing Loss in Older Adults Begins Very Early in Life, Study Says

A JAMA Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery study says polygenic risk scores associated with hearing loss in older adults is also associated with hearing decline in younger groups.

Genome-Wide Analysis Sheds Light on Genetics of ADHD

A genome-wide association study meta-analysis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder appearing in Nature Genetics links 76 genes to risk of having the disorder.

MicroRNA Cotargeting Linked to Lupus

A mouse-based study appearing in BMC Biology implicates two microRNAs with overlapping target sites in lupus.

Enzyme Involved in Lipid Metabolism Linked to Mutational Signatures

In Nature Genetics, a Wellcome Sanger Institute-led team found that APOBEC1 may contribute to the development of the SBS2 and SBS13 mutational signatures in the small intestine.