Microarrays & Multiplexing

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

Bristol Team Uses Genetic Analysis to Link Plasma Proteins to Disease Phenotypes

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Using two-sample Mendelian randomization and colocalization analysis along with plasma proteomics, they identified 111 potential protein-disease links.

Researchers Encourage Forensics Labs to Adopt New Genomic Technologies for Relationship Testing

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Driving the shift is a belief that standard STR testing is not always a reliable tool for determining complex family relationships.

Polygenic Risk Scores Provide Insights Into Drug-Related Liver Injury

Using genome-wide association study, cell line, organoid, and other data, researchers tracked down polygenic contributors to drug-induced liver injury in hepatocytes.

Complex Genetics Identified for Heart Condition Affecting Seemingly Healthy Young Women

A spontaneous coronary condition that is overrepresented in young women had a polygenic risk score linked to lower-than-usual atherosclerosis-related heart disease risk.

Blood Cell Traits Linked to Individual Loci, Polygenic Contributors in International Studies

Two new papers have identified thousands of genetic loci with ties to more than two-dozen blood cell traits in individuals from up to five ancestry groups.

Aug 25, 2020

Trial Shows Some Benefit of Genetically Guided Antiplatelet Therapy After Balloon Angioplasty

Aug 19, 2020

Cellink to Acquire Scienion for €80M

Aug 18, 2020

With New NIH Funding, PathogenDx Pivots From Cannabis Screening to Clinical Diagnostics

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Aug 05, 2020

Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry for $4.7B

Aug 03, 2020

Ancestry Rolls Out Sequencing-Based Health Offering Focused on Common Conditions

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Jul 27, 2020

Vizgen Plans Launch of Spatial Transcriptomics Platform Based on MERFISH Technology

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Jul 24, 2020

Norwegian Diagnostics Firm Age Labs to Develop Epigenetics-Based Test for SARS-CoV-2

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Jul 15, 2020

Phenylketonuria Genotypes Vary With Geography, Disease Severity in International Study

Jul 08, 2020

Native Americans, Polynesians in Contact 800 Years Ago, Genomic Study Indicates

Jul 02, 2020

Agendia Settles Allegations of Medicare Fraud for $8.25M

Jun 18, 2020

Blood Group Locus Contributes to COVID-19 Severity Risk, GWAS Finds

Jun 15, 2020

U of Edinburgh Study to Use Consumer Genomics Data to Determine COVID-19 Genetic Risk

Jun 11, 2020

New Data Support Role of Agendia BluePrint Test in Refining Breast Cancer Subtypes

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May 26, 2020

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

May 21, 2020

ALK Gene Linked to Natural Thinness in Genetic, Functional Studies

May 20, 2020

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

May 19, 2020

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

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May 18, 2020

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

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

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Another Protocol Released

AstraZeneca has released its coronavirus vaccine trial protocol, according to the New York Times.

From Just Some Blood

Time magazine looks into how liquid biopsies are changing cancer care.

Numerous Countries Agree to Vaccine Plan

According to the Guardian, more than 150 countries have signed on to a global SARS-CoV-2 vaccine plan.

PNAS Papers on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Major Depression, Spanish SARS-CoV-2 Cat

In PNAS this week: similar muscle protein patterns across hypertrophic cardiomyopathy phenotypes, analysis of gene expression and brain anatomy in major depression, and more.

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Compatibility of liquid biopsy assays on multiple sequencing platforms

White Paper: Using Single-Cell Multiomics to Reveal New Insights Into Uveal Melanoma Evolution and Therapeutic Resistance

Modular DNA Assembly of PIK3CA Using Acoustic Liquid Transfer in Nanoliter Volumes

Expanded Droplet Digital PCR Multiplexing Capability Using Two Different Strategies

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Moving from Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening to Prenatal Diagnostics: An Expert Panel Discussion

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) continues to expand globally to support maternal-fetal patient care.

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Novel Applications of RNA-based Precision Oncology: From Drug Tolerability to Immunogenomics

This webinar, Part 3 of the “Advances in RNA-based Biomarker Development for Precision Oncology” webinar series sponsored by GeneCentric Therapeutics, will discuss novel and emerging applications of RNA-based genomic analysis in precision oncology, form characterizing the tumor microenvironment to informing the development of immuno-oncology treatments.

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Crystal Digital PCR for Accurate Chimerism Monitoring after Stem Cell Transplantation

This webinar will discuss a new method that relies on Crystal digital PCR from Stilla Technologies to monitor chimerism in patients after stem cell transplantation, which is a key part of surveillance for impending clinical relapse.

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