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Dec 31, 2012
Note to Readers: Dec 31, 2012
GenomeWeb Daily News will not publish on Tuesday, Jan. 1, in observance of New Year's Day. We will resume our twice-daily bulletins on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
Dec 31, 2012
Complete Genomics, BGI Get Clearance from US Committee; Tender Offer Extended
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – BGI-Shenzhen and Complete Genomics announced Friday evening that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has cleared BGI's proposed acquisition of Complete Genomics.
Dec 31, 2012
Quest Diagnostics Divests OralDNA Labs
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Quest Diagnostics today said that it has sold substantially all of the assets of its OralDNA Labs business to Access Genetics for an undisclosed sum.
Dec 31, 2012
Chinese Plum Genome Offers Insights into Early Flowering, Scent
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – In a paper that appeared online last week in Nature Communications, researchers led by BGI-Shenzen's Jun Wang presented their genome sequence and assembly of the Chi
Dec 31, 2012
Roche's Bid to Acquire Illumina Topped Readers' Interest in 2012
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Roche's bid to acquire Illumina, which was ultimately unsuccessful in the early part of 2012, topped our list of most-viewed articles on GenomeWeb Daily News for the year.
Dec 31, 2012
Most Viewed Articles on GWDN Last Week: Dec 31, 2012
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – What were the articles that gained the most interest from GenomeWeb Daily News' readers last week? Here are the top five:
Dec 29, 2012
This Week in Science: Dec 29, 2012
In Science this week: alternative splicing patterns in vertebrates, and more.
Dec 29, 2012
The Patents and Particulars of Athletic Ability
In a lawsuit, Genetic Technologies Limited alleges that 23andMe and LabCorp have infringed on one of its patents.
Dec 28, 2012
Advocates Fight for Biomedical Research as 'Fiscal Cliff' Deadline Approaches
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The long-looming approach of the end-of-year deadline to avert a federal 'fiscal cliff' - the combined expiration of major tax cuts and enactment of across-the-board cuts to federal discretionary spending - has spurred the US research community into action as they have
Dec 28, 2012
Note to Readers: Dec 28, 2012
GenomeWeb Daily News will publish one bulletin on Monday, Dec. 31, and will not publish any bulletins on Tuesday, Jan. 1. We will resume publishing twice-daily bulletins on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
Dec 28, 2012
In Brief This Week: GeneNews; Accelr8; Atlas Antibodies, Gene Company
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – GeneNews' shares began trading this week the Toronto Stock Exchange on a one-for-six consolidated basis, resultin in 33,744,883 issued and outstanding shares. The consolidation was previously announced on Dec.
Dec 28, 2012
People In The News: Dec 28, 2012
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Molecular diagnostics developer Health Discovery Corporation has named John Norris to be its new CEO, taking over the helm from Stephen Barnhill, who founded the company and has been its chairman and CEO for nine years.
Dec 28, 2012
FDA Clears Cepheid's Xpert CT/NG Test
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared Cepheid's Xpert CT/NG test for marketing, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company announced after the close of the market on Thursday.
Dec 28, 2012
A Transcription Factor May Influence the Molecular Subtype of Breast Cancer
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A transcription factor called ELF5 may be a main determinant of breast cancer type, a team of Australian researchers reported in PLOS Biology last night.
Dec 28, 2012
Bridge Bank National Association Raises Credit Line for Fluidigm to $10M
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) –Fluidigm has modified its financing agreement with Bridge Bank, National Association, the South San Francisco, Calif.-based company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.
Dec 28, 2012
From Amnios to Cell-Free DNA
Wired looks into how cell-free DNA testing is changing prenatal medicine.
Dec 28, 2012
This Week in Nature: Dec 28, 2012
In Nature this week: small RNAs involved in silencing, goat genome, and more.
Dec 27, 2012
China's CapitalBio on Track to Open New Consumer, Clinical Genetics Testing Facility
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Chinese life science company CapitalBio will solidify its efforts to become a major laboratory testing player in the country's clinical and consumer genetics markets by opening a new facility next year.
Dec 27, 2012
Mayo Clinic, Others Land Gates Grants for Gut Disease Biomarker Studies
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded seven grants to researchers to fund fund projects that identify and validate promising biomarkers for assessing gut function, health, and disease.
Dec 27, 2012
Genomics In The Journals: Dec 27, 2012
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Direct transmission of Clostridium difficile from one patient to another may be a less common mode of infection than anticipated in some healthcare settings, according to a new Genome Biology study.
Dec 27, 2012
'Omics, MDx M&A Activity Down Slightly in 2012; Rebound May Not Come Until 2014
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Despite some pickup year over year in the second half of 2012, the number of acquisitions in the 'omics-related life science tools and molecular diagnostics spaces slipped 5 percent this past year compared to 2011.