Microarrays & Multiplexing

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

With New Instrument, Quanterix Addressing Customer Demand for Increased Flexibility, Lower Price

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The new SR-Plex system comes without integrated sample prep, making it less expensive and more amenable to non-protein work like nucleic acid assays.

ALS Study Sees Blood Methylation Differences Between Twins Discordant for Disease

Investigators identified changes in methylation at neurobiology-related genes when comparing blood methylation in twin pairs discordant for ALS.

Akonni Biosystems Wins NIH SBIR Grant for Pediatric Respiratory Disease Diagnostics

The grant is specifically intended to support the development of noninvasive, rapid tests that can be used at the point of care in developing country settings.

NanoString Reports 53 Percent Q2 Revenue Growth; Partners With Lam Research to Develop Sequencer

NanoString also beat analyst estimates on the top and bottom lines, and upped its revenue guidance for the year based primarily on collaboration revenues.

As NovaSeq Orders Soar, Illumina Sees Opportunity to Tap Into New Markets

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Illumina received more orders than expected for NovaSeq in Q2 and sees a big opportunity in the consumer genomics market for its array business and Helix.

Aug 02, 2017

23andMe, Lundbeck, Milken Institute Partner on Depressive, Bipolar Disorders Study

Jul 31, 2017

Genetic Testing Evaluated For Diagnosing Epilepsy, Monogenic Conditions

Jul 20, 2017

Lean Body Mass Meta-Analysis Leads to New Loci

Jul 18, 2017

Quanterix, Partners Develop PCR-Free miRNA Detection Method for Liver Toxicity Testing

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Jul 18, 2017

Embark Veterinary Raises $4.5M

Jul 17, 2017

Rare Variants in Three Genes Tied to Alzheimer's Disease Risk in New Study

Jul 17, 2017

South Asia Population Study Highlights Founder Events, Recessive Disease Clues

Jul 13, 2017

Thyroid Cancer Susceptibility Loci Identified In Korean Population

Jun 30, 2017

Ram Group Developing High-Sensitivity Label-Free Sensors for Early Cancer Detection

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Jun 30, 2017

Prostate Cancers From African Americans Show Splice Variants Implicated in Tumor Invasiveness

Jun 28, 2017

Immunovia Opens US Subsidiary, CLIA Lab

Jun 27, 2017

Prostate Cancer Recurrence Signatures Proposed From MicroRNA Meta-Analysis

Jun 26, 2017

Schizophrenia Meta-Analysis Reveals Role for Rare, Damaging Variants

Jun 23, 2017

Heart Disease Variants May Also Affect Reproductive Success

Jun 19, 2017

Psychosis-Associated Mutations IDed in Brain-Expressed Gene

Jun 16, 2017

Cytox Raises £2.6M

Jun 05, 2017

Risky Haplotype for Treatment-Related Premature Menopause Proposed in Pediatric Cancer Survivors

May 31, 2017

NanoString Technologies Announces Common Stock Offering

May 26, 2017

GenomeDx Datasharing System Yields New Insights; Challenges Dx Development Paradigms

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May 26, 2017

Chilean Population Study Sees Disease Risk Differences Tracking With Native American Ancestry

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