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Exact Sciences Stock Downgraded in Wake of Q1 Earnings Report

Mizuho Securities has lowered its rating of the company to Neutral from Buy and cut the price target on its stock nearly in half to $6.50 from $12.

Investment Banks Downgrade Bruker on Resignation of CFO

Mizuho and William Blair downgraded Bruker, following the resignation of CFO Charles Wagner, who was noted for his role in implementing a turnaround at the company.

Piper Jaffray, Mizuho Initiate Coverage of CareDx with Bullish Outlooks

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Piper Jaffray and Mizuho Securities today initiated coverage of transplant molecular diagnostics firm CareDx with bullish views of the company's stock and market opportunities for its tests.

Mizuho Upgrades Fluidigm Shares to Buy

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Investment bank Mizuho Securities has upgraded shares of Fluidigm from Neutral to Buy citing improved end markets and the expected effects from the firm's recent acquisition of DVS Sciences.

Mizuho Upgrades Myriad, Citing Medicare Reimbursement and 'Overstated' Competitive Pressures

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Mizuho Securities today upgraded shares of Myriad Genetics to a Buy rating, citing an increase in Medicare reimbursements for the BRACAnalysis test, as well as stabilized competition, and several potential positive catalysts over the next year to 24 months.
Dec 10, 2013

Citing Management Turnover, 'Energized' Sales Channels, Analyst Christens Affymetrix a 'New Company'
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Oct 14, 2013

Mizuho Downgrades Waters to Neutral on Pharma Concerns

Sep 4, 2013

Mizuho Initiates Coverage of Intrexon with Buy Rating

Apr 30, 2013

Survey: MiSeq First Choice for Planned Sequencer Purchases; Labs' Data Output Continues to Grow
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Apr 17, 2013

GenomeWeb Feature: Regardless of Gene Patent Challenges, Myriad Faces Shifting Competitive Landscape
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Jan 22, 2013

Genomic Researchers See Flat Array Spending in 2013; Decline in Expression Array Usage
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Jan 22, 2013

Researchers Rank MiSeq over PGM for Usability; Expect Their Sequencing Output to Grow by Half in 2013
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Jan 22, 2013

Mizuho Downgrades BD to Neutral

Dec 21, 2012

Investment Bank Mizuho Initiates Coverage of Exact Sciences with Buy Rating

Nov 16, 2012

Mizuho Upgrades Cepheid to Buy

Oct 9, 2012

Mizuho Downgrades Fluidigm to Neutral, Trims Estimates

Aug 31, 2012

Mizuho Starts Coverage of Fluidigm, BG Medicine with Buy Rating

Jul 31, 2012

Researchers Foresee 40 Percent Increase in Sequenced Human Genomes in 2013
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Jul 30, 2012

Funding Optimism Grows Among Genomics Researchers, Mizuho Survey Finds

May 21, 2012

Mizuho Upgrades Waters on Improving Pharma Picture

May 15, 2012

Mizuho Downgrades Life Tech, Thermo Fisher Amid Concerns Over Academic Spending

Apr 24, 2012

Survey Finds MiSeq, Ion PGM Tied for Most Likely Sequencing Purchase over Next 12 Months
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Jan 17, 2012

Survey Finds Exome Arrays on the Upswing as GWAS, Gene Expression Apps Decline
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Jan 17, 2012

Survey: Sequencing Output to Grow by 32 Percent in 2012; High Interest in Single-Molecule Systems
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Oct 25, 2011

Survey Finds Researchers Most Likely to Purchase Ion Torrent PGM, MiSeq, HiSeq over Next Year
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International Team Proposes Checklist for Returning Genomic Research Results

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics present a checklist to guide the return of genomic research results to study participants.

Study Presents New Insights Into How Cancer Cells Overcome Telomere Shortening

Researchers report in Nucleic Acids Research that ATRX-deficient cancer cells have increased activity of the alternative lengthening of telomeres pathway.

Researchers Link Telomere Length With Alzheimer's Disease

Within UK Biobank participants, longer leukocyte telomere length is associated with a reduced risk of dementia, according to a new study in PLOS One.

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.