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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. 

Autism-Associated Variants Uncovered by Population Diagnostics, SickKids Team Could Yield Dx Tests
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Researchers who set out to compare the ability of SNP and comparative genomic hybridization microarray platforms to detect copy number variation in autusm spectrum disorder managed to identify 16 genes that hadn't been associated with ASD before.

IP Watch: Recent Patents Related to PCR, Nucleic Acid Amplification, and Sample Prep: Jun 7, 2011
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Population Diagnostics, Akonni Biosystems, Luminex, Qiagen, Illumina, and others awarded US patents.

PDx, Stony Brook Win NINDS Grant

The company will work with Stony Brook University Medical Center to identify and characterize genetic variants for Parkinson's disease.

IP Update: Recent Patents Related to PCR, Nucleic Acid Amplification, and Sample Prep: Apr 22, 2010
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Patents awarded to the UK Defense Secretary, U of South Florida, Quest Diagnostics, Affymetrix, Epigenomics, Boston University, Chinese government, and Population Diagnostics
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Tara Pacific Expedition Project Team Finds High Diversity Within Coral Reef Microbiome

In papers appearing in Nature Communications and elsewhere, the team reports on findings from the two-year excursion examining coral reefs.

Study Examines Relationship Between Cellular Metabolism, DNA Damage Repair

A new study in Molecular Systems Biology finds that an antioxidant enzyme shifts from mitochondria to the nucleus as part of the DNA damage response.

Stem Cell Systems Target Metastatic Melanoma in Mouse Model

Researchers in Science Translational Medicine describe a pair of stem cell systems aimed at boosting immune responses against metastatic melanoma in the brain.

Open Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas Team Introduces Genomic Data Collection, Analytical Tools

A study in Cell Genomics outlines open-source methods being used to analyze and translate whole-genome, exome, and RNA sequence data from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas.