The New York Stem Cell Foundation signs a lease for a new space.

Jennifer Doudna and George Church wrote companion essays that will offer fodder for upcoming discussions on the implications of human genome editing.

Chris Parsons at Southern Fried Science offers advice for novice manuscript reviewers.

Researchers gear up for an international meeting to discuss the ethics of gene editing.

Through comprehensive genomic profiling, researchers identified molecular events that cause lower grade gliomas to progress to more deadly forms of brain cancer.

Researchers identified DNA methylation patterns associated with both historical and current lifestyles and environments in Central African individuals.

The assay runs on the company's fully automated PCR-based Idylla platform and detects various strains of the flu virus and respiratory syncytial virus.

San Diego-based Cypher Genomics has been offering human genome interpretation software. The company's 14 employees will join Human Longevity.

A team of researchers from the Genome Analysis Center and elsewhere has sequenced the genome of the red clover, a crop used in sustainable agriculture.

Last week GenomeWeb's readers were most interested in BGI halting the launch of its Revolocity sequencing system as part of a strategic shift.

In PLOS this week: transcriptional and translational study of human cytomegalovirus interactions with host cells, spider web DNA study, and more.

The amendment changes product fees Abbott pays to BG Medicine for galectin-3 test sales in exchange for making two payments totaling $1 million.

The effort aims to, among other things, generate data for mapping the genetic diversity of the Korean people and create standardized gene-variation databases.

The genetic test determines risk levels and prognosis for patients with multiple myeloma based on the SKY92 gene signature.

In Nucleic Acids Research this week: personal genome approach to RNA-seq read alignment, hematopoietic Systems Biology Repository, and more.

As part of an effort to get a diverse group of people to donate their DNA for research, some blood donors in the San Diego area will get their genomes sequenced, according to KPBS.

The firm's clinical data showed comparable performance between NIPT by microarray and NGS, but the switch to arrays has helped speed turnaround times.

Sage is handling the initial data processing and cleaning for the consortium, while MSKCC is providing infrastructure for hosting the data.

The firm has billed commercial insurers for more than 17,000 tests and reported test results for more than 15,000 Medicare patients without receiving payment.

The partners will collaborate on solid and liquid tumor diagnostics on Vela's Sentosa NGS-based diagnostic platform, which Gustave Roussy recently implemented.

A CSER working group discussed strategies for distinguishing between somatic and germline variants and for how best to convey actionable germline information to cancer patients. 

A man is using DNA evidence to argue that he is the rightful heir to the baronetcy of Stichill, the Guardian reports.

The comment period on the Department of Health and Human Services' proposal to alter the Common Rule has been extended.

The ratings company cited Bio-Rad's historically low leverage and low debt load, which provides a cushion against the costs associated with internal projects.

Using available turtle genome sequences, researchers found expansions and relocations to epidermal differentiation genes that appear to contribute to shell formation.