Microarrays & Multiplexing

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

Diabetes Genetic Risk Assay Shows Improvement, Investigators Plan IVD Kits

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Investigators calculated that the new assay, which includes 67 SNPs, could offer a 50 percent improvement over previous methods if used in newborn screening.

Genetic Genealogy Firms Reassure Clients About Data Privacy After FTDNA Divulges FBI Partnership

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The revelation that Family Tree DNA has been working with law enforcement has some worried about a negative impact on the industry.

Depression GWAS Meta-Analysis Uncovers New Loci, Potential Drug Targets

The findings underscored links between depression and other conditions and suggested a number of potential new targets for treatment with existing drugs.

Type 2 Diabetes GWAS Meta-Analysis in Japanese Population Identifies 28 Novel Risk Loci

Several of the novel variants the researchers identified are more common among individuals of Japanese ancestry than of European background.

Polygenic Risk Scores for Three Psychiatric Disorders Linked to Depression Diagnoses

Polygenic risk scores for depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia are associated with depression in a general population cohort.

Jan 29, 2019

Illumina Q4 Revenues Rise 11 Percent; Full Year Revenues Up 21 Percent

Jan 29, 2019

Body Clock GWAS Uncovers Loci Related to Mental Health

Jan 25, 2019

BMI-Associated Variants Linked to Weight Extremes

Jan 24, 2019

New Human Genome Map Sheds Light on Mechanisms of Genetic Diversity

Jan 24, 2019

At PMWC, Experts Discuss Benefits, Challenges of Implementing Genomics in Health Systems

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Jan 22, 2019

GWAS Leads to New Loci Associated With Head Size

Jan 22, 2019

23andMe Gets FDA Approval for Genetic Risk Report on Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Syndrome

Jan 22, 2019

GWAS of Latin Americans Uncovers Novel Skin Pigmentation Loci

Jan 21, 2019

Genome-Wide Analysis More Than Doubles Loci Linked to Osteoarthritis Risk

Jan 17, 2019

UK Biobank Dataset Helps Elucidate Pathogenicity of Rare Genetic Variants

Jan 15, 2019

Mutation in Inflammation-Related Gene Protects Against Nasal Polyps, Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Jan 14, 2019

Risky Behavior Tied to Hundreds of Loci Through Large GWAS Analysis

Jan 10, 2019

Lineagen Taps PWNHealth to Increase Consumer Access to Genetic Tests

Jan 10, 2019

Chiral Technologies Acquires Arbor Biosciences

Jan 10, 2019

Consumer Genomics Poised for Growth in 2019 as Providers Diversify Offerings

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Jan 09, 2019

MicroRNAs Provide Prognostic Clues in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Jan 08, 2019

Illumina to Launch New NovaSeq Chip, iSeq Kit; Grow Oncology and Reproductive Health Business

Jan 07, 2019

Alzheimer's Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis Uncovers Nine Novel Disease Loci

Jan 07, 2019

'Superbug' Molecular Test From Mobidiag Gets CE Mark

Jan 07, 2019

NanoString Tops Guidance in Preliminary Q4 and Full-Year Results

Breaking News

The Scan

Immune System on High in Space

New results from the NASA Twins Study indicate that the immune system may rev up when in space, the Washington Post reports.

Call for 'Bold' Era

Kelvin Droegemeier, the new science advisor, spoke at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, Geekwire reports.

This Week in PNAS

In PNAS this week: whole-genome assembly for the white shark, paper-based microfluidic method for detecting the malaria parasite, and more.

WHO Panel Announced

The World Health Organization has announced the members of its gene-editing committee, according to NPR.

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