Arizona State University
Zoonomia Consortium Digs Into 240 Mammalian Genomes for Evolutionary, Disease Insights
Researchers analyzed sequence constraints and other features in 240 placental mammal genomes to explore mammalian evolution, adaptation, and broader sequence function.
COVID-19 Pandemic Accelerated Development of CRISPR as a Diagnostic Platform in 2020
The pace of development for CRISPR-based infectious disease assays increased as the pandemic progress
Nonprofit Friends of Cancer Research Launches Public-Private HRD Harmonization Project
The consortium aims to harmonize the use of homologous recombination deficiency as a biomarker to guide certain treatment types in cancer patients.
ASU Team Wins $6M in Government Funding to Develop Rapid Saliva Testing System for Coronavirus
The test will be designed to run on a portable device that can ultimately be rolled out to point-of-need settings such as doctors' offices and workplaces.
Takara Bio, BioSyntagma Develop High-Throughput SARS-CoV-2 Detection Method
The new method uses Takara Bio's SmartChip PCR instrument, chips, and reagents to run 5,184 reactions per chip in less than 30 minutes.