Microarrays & Multiplexing

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

Alcohol Abuse Genetic Study Implicates Additional Variants in Risk of Problem Drinking

A genome-wide meta-analysis involving more than 435,000 individuals also linked problematic alcohol use with other substance abuse and psychiatric disorders.

ALK Gene Linked to Natural Thinness in Genetic, Functional Studies

In animal models, loss of ALK was associated with protection from obesity, even when the animals were on a high-fat diet.

NanoString, OnRamp to Create Cloud-Based Analysis Tools for nCounter Data

The companies are making three COVID-19 tools available immediately for early access, with plans to add other nCounter software and potentially develop new products.

BioMérieux's BioFire Pneumonia Panel Could Improve Care, Find Secondary Infection in COVID-19 Cases

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A handful of recently published trials suggest that use of the pneumonia panel could lead to more targeted therapy delivered more quickly than standard methods.

Breast Cancer Susceptibility GWAS Highlights Dozens New Loci, Some Subtype-Specific

A genome-wide association study on hundreds of thousands of women with or without breast cancer implicated 32 new risk loci, including sites associated with specific subtypes.

May 14, 2020

CareDx, Veracyte to Commercialize Organ Transplant Rejection Tests on nCounter Platform

May 13, 2020

Gene Variant Associated With Reduced Height Among Peruvians

May 08, 2020

Dilated Cardiomyopathy Risk Loci, Polygenic Score Emerge From Heart Imaging GWAS

May 07, 2020

NanoString Q1 Revenues Shrink 4 Percent but Beat Wall Street Expectations on Top Line

May 07, 2020

Eurofins Technologies Gets CE-IVD Mark for Multiplex Coronavirus Test

May 05, 2020

Glaucoma Protective Variants Uncovered in Genetic Data From UK, Finland

Apr 29, 2020

Broad Institute Researchers Develop Viral Detection Platform Based on Microfluidics, CRISPR Tech

Apr 28, 2020

Core Labs Grapple With Revenue Loss From Pandemic-Related Shutdowns

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Apr 27, 2020

Cutaneous Melanoma Clues Found From Risky SNPs, Related Traits Analyses

Apr 24, 2020

Ancestry to Make Consumer Genomics Database Available for COVID-19 Research Project

Apr 23, 2020

Oklahoma Institutions, Fluidigm Ready to Roll Out High-Throughput COVID-19 Testing

Apr 23, 2020

Finland's Negen Introduces Pharmacogenomics Panel for COVID-19 Therapies

Apr 23, 2020

Veracyte Licenses Lung Disease Genomic Classifier From Yale University

Apr 22, 2020

Researchers See Immune, Age Contributors to Childhood Respiratory Virus Response

Apr 15, 2020

Childhood Mood, Behavioral Problems May Share Genetic Features With Some Adult Conditions

Apr 09, 2020

Self-Reported Phenotypes Can Boost GWAS Ability to Uncover Associations

Apr 08, 2020

23andMe to Study Genetic Factors of COVID-19 Severity Using Data From Consented Customers

Apr 08, 2020

Oppenheimer Initiates Coverage of Bionano Genomics at Outperform

Apr 07, 2020

NanoString Preliminary Q1 Revenues Take Hit From COVID-19, Firm Withdraws 2020 Guidance

Apr 03, 2020

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Microarrays & Multiplexing

Alcohol Abuse Genetic Study Implicates Additional Variants in Risk of Problem Drinking

ALK Gene Linked to Natural Thinness in Genetic, Functional Studies

NanoString, OnRamp to Create Cloud-Based Analysis Tools for nCounter Data

BioMérieux's BioFire Pneumonia Panel Could Improve Care, Find Secondary Infection in COVID-19 Cases

Breast Cancer Susceptibility GWAS Highlights Dozens New Loci, Some Subtype-Specific

CareDx, Veracyte to Commercialize Organ Transplant Rejection Tests on nCounter Platform

Gene Variant Associated With Reduced Height Among Peruvians

Dilated Cardiomyopathy Risk Loci, Polygenic Score Emerge From Heart Imaging GWAS

NanoString Q1 Revenues Shrink 4 Percent but Beat Wall Street Expectations on Top Line

Eurofins Technologies Gets CE-IVD Mark for Multiplex Coronavirus Test

Glaucoma Protective Variants Uncovered in Genetic Data From UK, Finland

Broad Institute Researchers Develop Viral Detection Platform Based on Microfluidics, CRISPR Tech

Core Labs Grapple With Revenue Loss From Pandemic-Related Shutdowns

Cutaneous Melanoma Clues Found From Risky SNPs, Related Traits Analyses

Ancestry to Make Consumer Genomics Database Available for COVID-19 Research Project

Oklahoma Institutions, Fluidigm Ready to Roll Out High-Throughput COVID-19 Testing

Finland's Negen Introduces Pharmacogenomics Panel for COVID-19 Therapies

Veracyte Licenses Lung Disease Genomic Classifier From Yale University

Researchers See Immune, Age Contributors to Childhood Respiratory Virus Response

Childhood Mood, Behavioral Problems May Share Genetic Features With Some Adult Conditions

Self-Reported Phenotypes Can Boost GWAS Ability to Uncover Associations

23andMe to Study Genetic Factors of COVID-19 Severity Using Data From Consented Customers

Oppenheimer Initiates Coverage of Bionano Genomics at Outperform

NanoString Preliminary Q1 Revenues Take Hit From COVID-19, Firm Withdraws 2020 Guidance

Breast Cancer Subtypes Vary With Indigenous Ancestry in Latin American Women

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