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News and analysis on diagnostic technologies and applications.

William Blair Initiates Coverage of MDxHealth With Outperform Rating

A letter to investors noted the company's dedicated focus on prostate cancer diagnostics, which de-risks the firm's growth outlook and path to profitability.

British Liquid Biopsy Firm Nonacus Launches Urine-Based Bladder Cancer Assay
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The company's next-generation sequencing-based test detects more than 400 recurrent alterations that can identify 96 percent of bladder cancers.

Immunopeptidomics Firm ImmuneSpec Secures €1.2M in Seed Funding

The firm will use the funds to commercialize its mass spec-based immunopeptidomics platform, which it plans to apply to vaccine and drug development.

White House Report Outlines Goals to Advance Genomic Research, Precision Therapy Development

The report, on goals for biotechnology and biomanufacturing in the US, suggests areas of investment including multiomics, cell therapies, gene editing, and microbial genome sequencing.

Cancer Sequencing Panel Speeds Rapidly Improving, but Clinical Impact Studies Are Needed
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Thermo Fisher Scientific's IonTorrent Genexus platform can provide cancer panel results in about a day, but data on clinical impact of the fast turnaround has not yet been produced.

Mar 23, 2023

Lunaphore Raises CHF 40M in Series D Financing

Mar 23, 2023

TUM Researchers Profiling Dose-Dependent Response of Protein PTMs to Cancer Drugs
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Mar 23, 2023

Onconova Therapeutics, Pangea Biomed Collaborate on AI-Driven Cancer Biomarker Study

Mar 23, 2023

Baylor Team Aims to Identify Chemo Toxicity Biomarkers in Latino Pediatric Leukemia Patients
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Mar 23, 2023

Irish Diagnostics Firm Altratech Aims to Enter Molecular, POC Testing Space by Supplanting PCR
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Mar 22, 2023

Genomadix Gets FDA 510(k) Clearance for PCR System, CYP2C19 Test

Mar 22, 2023

BostonGene, Little Warrior Foundation Partner to Develop Sarcoma-Specific Liquid Biopsy

Mar 22, 2023

Invitae, Deerfield Management Partner to Mine Test Data for Rare Disease Drug Development

Mar 22, 2023

Reveal Genomics Eyes 2024 Launch for Liquid Biopsy Test to Guide Breast Cancer Treatment
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Mar 21, 2023

Layoffs at Life Science, Dx Firms Continue as Thermo Fisher Scientific, Natera Shrink Payrolls

Mar 21, 2023

Previse Launches Esophageal Cancer Risk Test, Raises $3M to Support Commercial Expansion

Mar 21, 2023

Guardant Health, Ohio State University Partner on Blood-Based Colon Cancer Screening Study

Mar 21, 2023

Invitae, Epic Sign Deal to Integrate Genetic Test Results Into EMR System

Mar 21, 2023

LumiraDx Q4 Revenues Fall 65 Percent

Mar 20, 2023

Illumina Pushes Back Against Icahn's Proposed Board Nominees

Mar 20, 2023

Cue Health Gets FDA EUA for Monkeypox Molecular Test

Mar 20, 2023

DiaSorin Gets FDA 510(k) for Molecular COVID-19/Flu Assay

Mar 20, 2023

ACMG Panel Discusses Potential, Pitfalls of Precision Medicine Following Newborn Screening

Mar 17, 2023

Researchers Develop Mass Spec System for Discovery of Protein-Metabolite Interactions
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Mar 17, 2023

Advanced Cancer Outcomes Predicted Using Model Based on Circulating Tumor DNA Metrics

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Genes Linked to White-Tailed Jackrabbits' Winter Coat Color Change

Climate change, the researchers noted in Science, may lead to camouflage mismatch and increase predation of white-tailed jackrabbits.

Adenine Base Editor Targets SCID Mutation in New Study

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, report in Cell that adenine base editing was able to produce functional T lymphocytes in a model of severe combined immune deficiency.

Researchers Find Gene Affecting Alkaline Sensitivity in Plants

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Science have found a locus affecting alkaline-salinity sensitivity, which could aid in efforts to improve crop productivity, as they report in Science.

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.