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News and analysis on disease research and diagnostics.

CancerIQ Lands $4.8M to Expand Genetic Risk Management Platform, Integrate With EMRs

The Chicago-based precision medicine software startup raised the funds through a Series A round led by digital health-focused venture capital firm HealthX Ventures.

Cancer Genetics Q2 Revenues Drop 5 Percent

For the three-month period ended June 30, Cancer Genetics posted total revenues of $1.4 million compared to $1.5 million in the year-ago quarter.

Mission Bio Seeks to Increase Drug Trial Collaborations, Improve Gene and Cell Therapy Efficacy

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Mission Bio will use a recent $70 million funding round to develop quality control assays using its Tapestri single-cell analysis platform.

IsoPlexis Partnering With Columbia to Study Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2

The work aims to identify drivers of protective immune responses to the virus, with the goal of using that information to inform therapeutics development.

Pro-Lab Diagnostics Nabs FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Molecular SARS-CoV-2 Test

The Pro-Lab Diagnostic Pro-AmpRT SARS-CoV-2 test consists of six primers and amplifies a 206 base-pair region of the ORF1ab gene of SARS-CoV-2.

Aug 14, 2020

HHS Invests $6.5M in Aegis Sciences, Sonic Healthcare USA to Expand Coronavirus Testing Capacity

Aug 13, 2020

Progenity Q2 Revenues Fall 70 Percent in First Earnings Report Since IPO

Aug 13, 2020

Weill Cornell Using $1.5M NIH Grant to Predict Severity of COVID-19 Cases

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Aug 13, 2020

IncellDx to Extend Precision Medicine Reach With Factorial Diagnostics Collaboration

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Aug 13, 2020

Strata, Mirati Therapeutics Partner on Tumor-Agnostic Clinical Trial of Novel KRAS G12C Inhibitor

Aug 13, 2020

Scipher Medicine, Galapagos Sign IBD Drug Development Deal

Aug 13, 2020

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treatment Hints Drawn From Single-Cell Study

Aug 13, 2020

Mission Bio Raises $70M in Series C Funding Round

Aug 13, 2020

Many Initiatives Turning to RT-LAMP as Alternative to PCR for Rapid COVID-19 Screening Assays

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Aug 13, 2020

BioSpyder Seeks Noninfringement Judgment in HTG Molecular Patent Dispute

Aug 13, 2020

Stillborn Birth Contributors Uncovered Using Exome Sequencing

Aug 13, 2020

Chinese Infectious Dx Firm Vision Medicals Completes $29M Series B Financing Round

Aug 13, 2020

Cancer Detection Tech Startup Micronoma Raises $3M in Seed Funding

Aug 13, 2020

Epigenomics Q2 Revenues Slide 76 Percent on Coronavirus Challenges

Aug 13, 2020

Biomeme, LumiraDx PCR Coronavirus Tests Get FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Aug 12, 2020

HelixBind Aims to Circumvent Culture With Rapid Technology to Detect Bloodstream Infections

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Aug 12, 2020

OpGen Q2 Revenues Climb 20 Percent

Aug 12, 2020

Biocept Q2 Revenues Down 23 Percent on Pandemic Impact

Aug 12, 2020

ImmunoScape Using $11M Funding Round to Establish US Operations

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Aug 12, 2020

Traveler's Diarrhea Among Soldiers Linked to Gut Microbiome Changes

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The Scan

This One Might Not Be Due to Humans

A new analysis suggests warming, not the arrival of humans, led to the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros thousands of years ago, the Economist reports.

Not the Wings

Chinese health officials uncovered SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA on imported frozen food, but the New York Times reports catching COVID-19 that way would be unlikely.

More Vaccines on Order

The UK has ordered 60 million coronavirus vaccine doses from Novavax and 30 million doses from Janssen, according to the Guardian.

Science Studies Include Ion Channel Mutation Prediction Model, Variant Linked to Disrupted Sleep

In Science this week: machine learning model predicts whether ion channel mutations will cause disease, and more.

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