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5AM Solutions Refocuses on Product Development, Preps for Beta of Data-Management Software
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The custom software development company will soon test a tool called 5AM Sunrise for managing and aggregating clinical and molecular data.

In Brief This Week: Becton Dickinson; Genome ID Group; ResearchDx; ACMG, 5AM Solutions

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Becton Dickinson this week said its board has declared a quarterly dividend of $.545 per share payable on Dec. 31 to shareholders of record on Dec. 10. At the current rate, the annual dividend for Fiscal Year 2014 would be $2.18 per share, the company said.

5AM to Develop Biobanking, Data-Sharing Software for Asterand
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5AM Solutions will develop software that will allow Asterand to electronically link multiple biorepositories and identify, annotate, and distribute biospecimen data internally and with collaborators.

5AM Rolls Out Free Firefox Plugin that Connects Personal Genomic Information to External Content
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The plugin, dubbed SNPTips, allows users to compare their 23andMe raw genetic information with SNP data from publicly available resources, such as databases and journal articles.

5AM Solutions Sets Up Shop out West to Tap into Bay Area Life Sciences Market
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The company has opened a San Francisco office to provide bioinformatics development and analysis services to life science customers in the area.
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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.