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Microarrays & Multiplexing

News on microarrays, multiplexing, genotyping, cytogenetics, gene expression profiling in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.

Refractive Error GWAS Leads To More Than 300 New Loci

Using data for more than half a million individuals, researchers identified 449 refractive area-related loci, including 336 sites not linked to the eye condition in the past.

COVID-19 Host Susceptibility Studies Ramp Up Internationally

Investigators worldwide are sharing data to search for features in the human genome that might contribute to COVID-19 susceptibility or progression.

Affinity-Based Platforms Challenging Mass Spec for Protein Biomarker Discovery

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High throughput and deep coverage have allowed firms like Olink and Somalogic to make inroads, especially among researchers working outside proteomics.

AusDiagnostics Gets CE Mark for Multiplex Coronavirus, Flu, RSV Assay

The company said the test achieved 100 sensitivity and 100 percent specificity in a study of 210 samples that included 44 from COVID-19 patients.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, UCSF, Stanford Partner to Boost Bay Area Coronavirus Testing

The partners' "COVID-19 task force" will invest in ePlex molecular testing platforms from GenMark Diagnostics to quadruple UCSF's testing capacity.

Mar 09, 2020

Integrated Genomic Analysis Highlights Potential Strategy for Overcoming Some ALL Resistance

Mar 06, 2020

Genomica Coronavirus Dx Kits Garner CE Mark

Mar 06, 2020

As Consumer Genomics Market Cools, Providers Ponder Better Ways to Reach Customers

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Mar 05, 2020

Analysis of NatGeo Genographic Project Data Reveals Complexity of US Population

Mar 05, 2020

Blood-Based MicroRNA Signatures Can Distinguish Individuals With Lung Cancer

Mar 05, 2020

NanoString Prices Upsized $200 Million Senior Notes Offering

Mar 04, 2020

NanoString Technologies Proposes Private Offering of $175M in Convertible Senior Notes

Feb 28, 2020

Izasa Scientific to Distribute NanoView Biosciences ExoView Platform in Spain, Portugal

Feb 28, 2020

NanoString Looks to NGS Readout to Fuel Next Wave of Digital Spatial Profiling Growth

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Feb 26, 2020

NanoString Technologies Q4 Revenues Up 23 Percent

Feb 18, 2020

Polygenic Risk Score Studies Suggest Conventional Heart Disease Prediction Methods Still Preferable

Feb 14, 2020

Genetic Study of Snoring Highlights Ties to Diverse Traits, Behaviors

Feb 13, 2020

Blood Vitamin D Levels Tied to Dozens of Genetic Variants in UK Biobank GWAS

Feb 11, 2020

Oxford Gene Technology Expands NGS Offering Into Constitutional Cytogenetics

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Feb 07, 2020

Genetic Risk for Autism Associated With Neurodevelopmental Progress, Condition-Linked Traits

Feb 06, 2020

Ancestry Lays off 6 Percent of Employees due to Consumer Slump

Jan 31, 2020

Copy Number Variants May Influence Clinical Presentation Among Individuals with PTEN Mutations

Jan 30, 2020

Neanderthal Genetic Ancestry Found in Present-Day African Populations

Jan 21, 2020

Glaucoma Polygenic Risk Score Emerges From Multi-Trait Analysis in UK Biobank Participants

Jan 21, 2020

Urinary Metabolite GWAS Leads to Risk Variants, Potential Markers of Kidney Disease

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The Scan

Finds a Whole Bunch

A new blood test might be able to detect the presence of some 50 cancers, according to New Scientist.

Away From the Field

Undark looks into how coronavirus-related shutdowns are affecting field researchers.

PNAS Studies Look at Bacterial Detection Probes, Cholera Culprit Evolution in Environment, More

In PNAS this week: strategies to design DNA oligonucleotide probes for bacteria, Vibrio cholerae evolution in Haiti, and more.

Relief Bill Signed

Politico reports President Donald Trump has signed the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package.

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This webinar will discuss the application of single-cell proteomics and immune-imaging in adoptive cell therapy (ACT) for cancer.