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News on bioinformatics, software, genome analysis, variant classification, and IT in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.

GA4GH Announces 10 New 'Driver' Projects, Including First Pediatric Partner

The additions, the first since 2019, aim to further the standards body's goal of becoming more relevant in clinical genomics.

Omics AI Software Firm Standigm Eyes 2024 IPO, Partnerships With Major Cloud Providers
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A month into a collaboration with Nashville Biosciences, the Korean company is looking for additional partnerships with research institutions and Big Pharma to accelerate target discovery.

Newly Funded European Project Aims to Cancel 'Genomic Noise' for Precision Oncology Platform
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Euformatics, Oncompass Medicine, and Institut Curie this month received €1 million through Eurostars to fund the effort, which will run through 2026.

Euformatics Forms Distribution Partnership for Eastern Europe With Bulgaria's Elta 90

The bioinformatics firm will sell its Genomics Hub software to labs and research institutes in Romania, North Macedonia, and Moldova through a local partner.

Building off ChatGPT Popularity, Generative AI Starts Finding its Place in Genome Informatics
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Bioinformaticians, researchers, and commercial software developers worldwide are trying to harness the power of generative AI for genomics without compromising scientific integrity.

Sep 19, 2023

Google DeepMind Machine Learning Method Predicts Pathogenic Effects of Missense Variants

Sep 18, 2023

Broken String Biosciences Closes $15M Series A Financing Round

Sep 13, 2023

Qlucore Moves Closer to IVDR Certification of Dx Software for Leukemia Testing
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Sep 6, 2023

Euformatics Partners With Cerba, Inks Distribution Deal With Appolon Bioteck

Aug 31, 2023

With Tempus Test Integration, CureMD Wants Genomics to Inform Oncology Clinical Decision Support
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Aug 29, 2023

Ginkgo Bioworks, Google Cloud Partner on AI, Large Language Models

Aug 24, 2023

Newly Funded NIH Genome Characterization Centers Aim to Elucidate Human Somatic Mosaicism
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Aug 23, 2023

Startup Gero to Advance Epigenetic Biomarker Discovery Through Foxo Technologies Partnership
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Aug 22, 2023

Sophia Genetics, Gustave Roussy Expand Partnership With Bidirectional Data Exchange

Aug 22, 2023

Tempus to Integrate Genomic Test Ordering Into CureMD's Oncology EHR

Aug 21, 2023

Genomes.io Lands $20M Investment From GEM Digital

Aug 21, 2023

Scale Biosciences, Basepair Partner on Single-Cell Sequencing Informatics

Aug 17, 2023

BigOmics Analytics Building 'End-to-End' Omics Pipelines via DNAnexus Integration
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Aug 16, 2023

Researchers Find Gene-Specific Machine Learning Advantages for BRCA Pathogenicity Prediction
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Aug 15, 2023

UPenn Researchers' Celery Algorithm Provides Spatial Context for Single-Cell Transcriptomes
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Aug 10, 2023

Standigm, Nashville Biosciences Collaborate on AI-Driven Drug Discovery

Aug 8, 2023

23andMe Lays off 71 Therapeutics-Related Employees as GSK Partnership Ends, Q1 Revenues Slide

Aug 8, 2023

Sophia Genetics Q2 Revenue Grows 29 Percent as Analysis Volume Takes Off

Aug 7, 2023

Genomics England Steps up Pathology Data Integration for Cancer, Rare Disease
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Aug 7, 2023

Phase Genomics Lands $2.5M in Grants to Develop Diagnostic Score For Genomic Aberrations in Cancer

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Positive Framing of Genetic Studies Can Spark Mistrust Among Underrepresented Groups

Researchers in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances report that how researchers describe genomic studies may alienate potential participants.

Small Study of Gene Editing to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

In a Novartis-sponsored study in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that a CRISPR-Cas9-based treatment targeting promoters of genes encoding fetal hemoglobin could reduce disease symptoms.

Gut Microbiome Changes Appear in Infants Before They Develop Eczema, Study Finds

Researchers report in mSystems that infants experienced an enrichment in Clostridium sensu stricto 1 and Finegoldia and a depletion of Bacteroides before developing eczema.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment Specificity Enhanced With Stem Cell Editing

A study in Nature suggests epitope editing in donor stem cells prior to bone marrow transplants can stave off toxicity when targeting acute myeloid leukemia with immunotherapy.