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NIH Earmarks $28M to Fund Study into Measurements of Autism Markers

The study is part of the Biomarkers Consortium, and will include the collection of DNA samples for future genomics research into ASD.

Caprion Launches MRM-MS-based CNS Assay as Part of Push into Protein Discovery Panel Business
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Proteomics firm Caprion this week launched its CNS ProteoCarta panel for the study of central nervous system diseases.

GMU Phosphoproteomic Studies Offer Potential Clinical Insights on Breast, Colorectal Cancers
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Teams led by researchers at George Mason University have published a pair of studies exploring protein signaling in breast and colon cancer that could offer new insights into treatments for the diseases.

GMU’s Reverse-phase Protein Microarray Technology Included in I-SPY2 Breast Cancer Trial
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Technology developed by Lance Liotta and Emanuel Petricoin will be used to find and identify biomarkers for evaluating new investigational therapies for the neoadjuvant-drug study.

NIH Foundation, Biomarkers Consortium Team on Cancer Trials

The I-SPY effort will conduct pharmacogenomics-focused clinical trials for breast cancer drugs using Agendia's tests.
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Study Examines Insights Gained by Adjunct Trio RNA Sequencing in Complex Pediatric Disease Cases

Researchers in AJHG explore the diagnostic utility of adding parent-child RNA-seq to genome sequencing in dozens of families with complex, undiagnosed genetic disease.

Clinical Genomic Lab Survey Looks at Workforce Needs

Investigators use a survey approach in Genetics in Medicine Open to assess technologist applications, retention, and workforce gaps at molecular genetics and clinical cytogenetics labs in the US.

Study Considers Gene Regulatory Features Available by Sequence-Based Modeling

Investigators in Genome Biology set sequence-based models against observational and perturbation assay data, finding distal enhancer models lag behind promoter predictions.

Genetic Testing Approach Explores Origins of Blastocyst Aneuploidy

Investigators in AJHG distinguish between aneuploidy events related to meiotic missegregation in haploid cells and those involving post-zygotic mitotic errors and mosaicism.