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Aiming to Cut Unnecessary Surgeries, City of Hope Team to Commercialize CRC Metastasis Dx Signature
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The team will use the reverse-transcriptase quantitative PCR test, which uses a milliliter of a patient's blood, to curb unneeded radical colon cancer surgeries.

TGen-Led Team Spots Pediatric, Pancreatic Cancer From cfDNA Fragments in Urine
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The liquid biopsy method analyzes fragment ends within recurrently protected regions in cell-free DNA from a patient's urine sample.  

Genetic Study of Skin Pigmentation in African Americans Uncovers Links to Vitamin D Deficiency

Starting with a genome-wide association study focused on skin pigmentation, investigators identified genetic variants with additional ties to vitamin D levels.

Stupid Strong Awards City of Hope $125K for Gastric Cancer Liquid Biopsy Research

The team will launch a Phase II study to validate early-stage gastric cancer micro-RNA biomarkers and eventually develop liquid biopsy tests.

City of Hope Team Develops ICP-MS Method for Multiplexed Protein Quantitation
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The approach is essentially a simplified version of the technology in Fluidigm's CyTOF instruments, using metal-linked antibodies to measure proteins.

Aug 27, 2019

NHGRI Awards $3M Under Genomic Innovator Program

Aug 9, 2019

TGen-Led Team Prepares to Validate 'TARDIS' Blood-Based Cancer Monitoring Method
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Feb 1, 2019

Precision Medicine Platform for Oncology Aims to Streamline Molecular Testing, Therapy Decision-Making
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Sep 21, 2017

DxTerity, City of Hope Partner to Develop Blood Test for Radiation Therapy Response

Dec 29, 2016

Younger, Older Prostate Cancer Cases Marked by Distinct Expression Patterns

Nov 30, 2016

City of Hope, Translational Genomics Research Institute Form Personalized Medicine Alliance

Oct 7, 2015

NIDDKD Awards $2.2M to City of Hope for Epigenetic Studies into Type 1 Diabetes

Jun 2, 2014

ASCO Talk Highlights Genetic Contributors to Later Life Complications in Pediatric Cancer Patients

May 30, 2014

Sangamo, City of Hope Get $5.6M Grant for ZFP Tx for HIV/AIDS

Mar 5, 2013

IP Watch: Glaxo Group, Hitachi, City of Hope, Esoterix, Penn State, Others Win US Patents
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Jul 24, 2012

IP Watch: City of Hope, Gen-Probe, Promega, Roche, and DNA Genotek Win US Patents
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May 10, 2012

IP Watch: LLNL, Lab21, NetBio, Life Tech, City of Hope, and U of Missouri Win US Patents
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Apr 4, 2012

IP Watch: Fluidigm, GeneNews, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Dupont, Others Win US Patents
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Feb 23, 2012

GigaGen Developing Droplet PCR System for Single-Cell Sequencing, Will Target Immune Applications
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Oct 4, 2011

GnuBio Targets 1K-Base Reads for Commercial Launch of $50K Sequencer
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Apr 7, 2011

IP Watch: Recent Patents Related to PCR, Nucleic Acid Amplification, and Sample Prep: Apr 7, 2011
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Mar 30, 2011

IP Watch: Recent Patents Related to PCR, Nucleic Acid Amplification, and Sample Prep: Mar 30, 2011
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Mar 17, 2011

City of Hope Preps for Second Study with Expressed RNAi AIDS Treatment
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Jan 6, 2011

In 2010, RNAi Moves into the Mainstream, microRNAs Continue to Garner Interest
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Dec 16, 2010

Rosetta Launches Next-Generation Cancer Diagnostic, Not Alone in Exploring microRNAs as Biomarkers
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Breaking News
The Scan

Comfort of Home

The Guardian reports that AstraZeneca is to run more clinical trials from people's homes with the aim of increasing participant diversity.

Keep Under Control

Genetic technologies are among the tools suggested to manage invasive species and feral animals in Australia, Newsweek says.

Just Make It

The New York Times writes that there is increased interest in applying gene synthesis to even more applications.

Nucleic Acids Research Papers on OncoDB, mBodyMap, Genomicus

In Nucleic Acids Research this week: database to analyze large cancer datasets, human body microbe database, and more.