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New DNA-Based Immune Cell Profiling Method Could Boost Biomarker Discovery
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Investigators showed the approach could accurately infer information about the presence and proportions of immune cells from whole-blood DNA methylation data.

nRichDx Targets Liquid Biopsy Space With Magnetic Sample Prep Platform
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The Irvine, California-based firm said its "Revolution" system offer recovery rates of 70 to 90 percent across a wide range of liquid sample volumes.

Biocartis Microsatellite Instability Assay Validated by MSKCC, Dartmouth Researchers
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Researchers separately found that the assay had high concordance with other techniques in cancers including colorectal and endometrial carcinomas.

Dartmouth-Led Team Wins $12.1M NIH Grant for Lung Cancer Research

Using the grant funding, the investigators are aiming to advance the precision diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.

New Lung Cancer Susceptibility Loci Discovered in GWAS

With genotyping data from tens of thousands of individuals with or without lung cancer, researchers identified eight known and 10 new loci associated with lung cancer.

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ChatGPT Does As Well As Humans Answering Genetics Questions, Study Finds

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics had ChatGPT answer genetics-related questions, finding it was about 68 percent accurate, but sometimes gave different answers to the same question.

Sequencing Analysis Examines Gene Regulatory Networks of Honeybee Soldier, Forager Brains

Researchers in Nature Ecology & Evolution find gene regulatory network differences between soldiers and foragers, suggesting bees can take on either role.

Analysis of Ashkenazi Jewish Cohort Uncovers New Genetic Loci Linked to Alzheimer's Disease

The study in Alzheimer's & Dementia highlighted known genes, but also novel ones with biological ties to Alzheimer's disease.

Tara Pacific Expedition Project Team Finds High Diversity Within Coral Reef Microbiome

In papers appearing in Nature Communications and elsewhere, the team reports on findings from the two-year excursion examining coral reefs.