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People in the News at Illumina Ventures, Element Biosciences, Epigenomics, Exagen, More

Executive appointments, promotions, and departures in omics and molecular diagnostics for the week of Jan. 23, 2023.

AncestryDNA Study Defines Expanded COVID-19 Phenotypes, Explores Ties With Genetic Loci

With genotype and survey data for 736,723 AncestryDNA research participants, investigators defined eight COVID-19 phenotypes and explored related genetic features.

Top 10 Articles on GenomeWeb in 2021

The most-read stories in 2021 represents readers' vast interests in the variety of topics covered by GenomeWeb from COVID-19 tests to IPOs and legal battles.

Lawsuit Claims Genetic Testing Company Ancestry Violated Illinois Privacy Act

A class-action lawsuit alleges that Ancestry violated the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act when the firm was acquired by Blackstone last year.

People in the News: New Appointments at Sema4, NHGRI, Dante Labs, Ancestry, More

Aug 31, 2021

Ancestry to Acquire French Genealogy Firm Geneanet

Jan 21, 2021

Ancestry Shutters Health Offering, Raising Questions About Future of Consumer Genomics
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Jan 15, 2021

Ancestry to Discontinue NGS-Based AncestryHealth Service

Aug 5, 2020

Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry for $4.7B

Aug 3, 2020

Ancestry Rolls Out Sequencing-Based Health Offering Focused on Common Conditions
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Jun 15, 2020

U of Edinburgh Study to Use Consumer Genomics Data to Determine COVID-19 Genetic Risk

Apr 24, 2020

People in the News: Megan Bailey, Maureen Cronin, Ronald Park, Ingo Chakravarty, More

Apr 24, 2020

Ancestry to Make Consumer Genomics Database Available for COVID-19 Research Project

Apr 23, 2020

Finland's Negen Introduces Pharmacogenomics Panel for COVID-19 Therapies

Mar 6, 2020

As Consumer Genomics Market Cools, Providers Ponder Better Ways to Reach Customers
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Feb 6, 2020

Ancestry Lays off 6 Percent of Employees due to Consumer Slump

Jan 9, 2020

Forensic Genomics Market Advances Due to Consumer Databases, Technology Innovation
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Dec 5, 2019

Ancestry Grant Marks New Direction for Wolters Kluwer's UpToDate
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Oct 30, 2019

Ancestry Awards $1M to UpToDate to Support Physician Genetic Testing

Oct 15, 2019

Ancestry Begins Genetic Testing Services for Health
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Oct 7, 2019

Appeals Court Upholds Unpatentability of 23andMe IP

Jun 7, 2019

NatGeo Discontinues Genographic Ancestry Kit Sales, Will Shutter Service by End of 2020
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May 28, 2019

MyHeritage Moves Into Health with New Genetic Testing Offering, Underscoring Industry Trend
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May 2, 2019

Controversial Ancestry Ad Reignites Discussion About Minorities and Consumer Genomics

Feb 8, 2019

Genetic Genealogy Firms Reassure Clients About Data Privacy After FTDNA Divulges FBI Partnership
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Nucleotide Base Detected on Near-Earth Asteroid

Among other intriguing compounds, researchers find the nucleotide uracil, a component of RNA sequences, in samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, as they report in Nature Communications.

Clinical Trial Participants, Investigators Point to Importance of Clinical Trial Results Reporting in Canadian Study

Public reporting on clinical trial results is crucial, according to interviews with clinical trial participants, investigators, and organizers from three provinces appearing in BMJ Open.

Old Order Amish Analysis Highlights Autozygosity, Potential Ties to Blood Measures

Researchers in BMC Genomics see larger and more frequent runs-of-homozygosity in Old Order Amish participants, though only regional autozygosity coincided with two blood-based measures.

Suicidal Ideation-Linked Loci Identified Using Million Veteran Program Data

Researchers in PLOS Genetics identify risk variants within and across ancestry groups with a genome-wide association study involving veterans with or without a history of suicidal ideation.