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Due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, Pharmacogenomics Reporter will not publish next week. The next issue of the newsletter will go out to subscribers on Nov. 30.

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Diagnostics

Breaking News

DNAe, Imperial College London, U of Leicester to Develop NGS-Based Breast Cancer Monitoring Test
Illumina, Israel Ministry of Health to Pilot Genome Sequencing for Diagnosing Critically Ill Infants
GenomSys Gains CE Mark for New Genomic Analysis Software
Thermo Fisher Scientific Q3 Revenues up 9 Percent
BTIG Initiates Coverage of LumiraDx With Buy Rating
Delic Partners With GT Research for Genetic Analysis of Cannabis, Psychedelic Mushrooms

The Scan

Nucleic Acids Research Papers on SomaMutDB, VThunter, SCovid Databases

In Nucleic Acids Research this week: database of somatic mutations in normal tissue, viral receptor-related expression signatures, and more.

Should've Been Spotted Sooner

Scientists tell the Guardian that SARS-CoV-2 testing issues at a UK lab should have been noticed earlier.

For Martian Fuel

Researchers have outlined a plan to produce rocket fuel on Mars that uses a combination of sunlight, carbon dioxide, frozen water, cyanobacteria, and engineered E. coli, according to Gizmodo.

To Boost Rapid Testing

The Washington Post writes that new US programs aim to boost the availability of rapid at-home SARS-CoV-2 tests.