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Gastrointestinal

News on in vitro diagnostics for gastrointestinal disease.

Genetic Loci With Link to Bowel Movement Frequency May Point to GI Condition Treatments

Individuals with irritable bowel syndrome marked by diarrhea further tended to have higher scores on a polygenic measure of stool frequency.

Castle Biosciences Buy of Cernostics Aligns With Goal to Diversify Portfolio
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The acquisition of Cernostics and its TissueCypher Barrett's Esophagus Assay provides a route for Castle to enter gastrointestinal testing.

Genetic Analysis Raises $6.8M in Oversubscribed IPO

The Norwegian microbiome diagnostic company's stock closed up 50 percent after two days of trading on the Swedish Spotlight Stock Market.

Norway's Genetic Analysis Hopes HumGut Database Will Spawn New Diagnostics, Therapies
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In particular, the diagnostics company expects the new resource to strengthen its offerings to pharmaceutical partners, a key customer group.

Lucid Diagnostics Obtains CE Mark for Esophageal Cancer Molecular Test

Lucid said that key opinion leaders for esophageal disease in Europe are participating in pivotal clinical trials for the test and its collection device.

May 6, 2021

Adaptive Biotech Touts Progress Toward Lyme and Gastrointestinal Disease Diagnostics
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Mar 12, 2021

Prometheus Biosciences Prices Upsized $190M IPO

Jan 19, 2021

ABO Histo-Blood Groups Influence Makeup of Gut Microbiome, New Study Finds

Dec 8, 2020

Single-Cell Transcriptome Study Links Gut Development, Pediatric Crohn's Disease

Sep 2, 2020

BiomX, Boehringer Ingelheim Partner for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Biomarker Discovery

Aug 12, 2020

Traveler's Diarrhea Among Soldiers Linked to Gut Microbiome Changes

Jul 10, 2020

Infant Gut Microbiome Correlates With Bacteria in Mother's Breast Milk, Study Finds

Jun 19, 2020

Progenity Prices $100M IPO at $15 per Share

Mar 5, 2020

Genedata Moves Into R&D for Nonprofits, Adds Digital Pathology Support
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Nov 7, 2019

PredictImmune, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Collaborate on IBD Test Validation Study

Oct 28, 2019

Theradiag to Commercialize PredictImmune IBD Test in French-Speaking Europe and Africa

Sep 4, 2019

uBiome Declares Bankruptcy, Offers Assets for Sale

Jun 18, 2019

Mayo Clinic Spinout Developing Multiomics Blood Test to Identify Obesity Phenotypes
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Apr 19, 2019

Active Celiac Disease Processes Informed by Intestinal Expression Comparison

Apr 18, 2019

Pancreatic, Brain Development Gene Found From Patient Exomes

Apr 11, 2019

Hirschsprung's Disease Genetic Analysis Reveals Mix of Common, Rare Risk Variants

Mar 6, 2019

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Transcriptome Analysis Finds Increased Levels of SERPINE1

Feb 26, 2019

New IBD Adverse Drug Response Risk Gene Identified

Feb 19, 2019

Australia's Microba Taps Google Cloud for Human Gut Microbiome Data Processing
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Feb 4, 2019

Gut Microbe Studies Expand Bacterial Culture Collections, Reference Genomes

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Close Panel Vote on Califf Nomination

The New York Times reports there was a close committee vote to advance the nomination of Robert Califf to lead the US Food and Drug Administration to the full Senate.

Task Force Reports on Scientific Integrity

Nature News writes that that a new task force report recommends that the US establish a cross-agency scientific integrity council.

Across the Hall

Genetic testing, closed-circuit cameras, and more show how a traveler, without any contact, infected others at a New Zealand quarantine facility, CNN reports.

Science Paper Examines Influence of Chromatin Modifications on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

In Science this week: genes regulating chromatin modification may contribute to OCD risk.