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Serum Protein Biomarkers Can Predict Worsening Knee Osteoarthritis

The researchers said that being able to predict who is at risk of knee osteoarthritis progression will aid in the development of new treatments.

GWAS of Veterans Ties Four Genetic Loci to Risk of Suicidal Thoughts, Behaviors

The genetic loci were replicated and could be traced to four genes, all of which have been linked previously to other psychiatric conditions.

Personalis, Duke University, Olink Collaborate on Immunotherapy Markers in Gastric Cancer

They plan to study the genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic responses of gastroesophageal tumors following treatment with Merck's Keytruda.

African American Prostate Cancer Patients Get More VUS, Fewer Actionable Results, Studies Show

Research presented at ASCO's annual meeting underscores the need for more cancer susceptibility studies in diverse populations, experts say.

Pediatric Cardiovascular Genetic Testing Should Be Individualized, Multidisciplinary, Says AHA

Testing decisions should take into account when the condition may arise, whether there are therapies, and the family's values, among other considerations.

Jun 15, 2021

Personal Genome Diagnostics Inks Cancer Genomic Profiling Deal with Duke University Health System

Apr 8, 2021

Singapore Precision Medicine Program to Analyze Genetics of 150K Citizens

Feb 9, 2021

Study Finds SARS-CoV-2-Related Bat Viruses in Thailand

Oct 8, 2020

Inflammatix Moving Into Coronavirus Test Market With Gene Expression Host Response Platform
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Jun 1, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 Result of Bat, Pangolin Virus Recombination, Purifying Selection, Study Suggests

May 27, 2020

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $3.8M in Grants for Open-Source Biomedical Software Projects

Dec 13, 2019

NIH Awards $102.5M for Antibacterial Resistance Research, Dx Development

Oct 15, 2019

Dart-seq Leads New Methods to Sequence Transcriptome Methylation Patterns
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Sep 23, 2019

Class 1 CRISPR-Cas Systems Can Be Expressed in Mammalian Cells, Study Finds

Sep 16, 2019

MRSA Susceptibility Study Uncovers Protective Variant in Methyltransferase

Jun 5, 2019

NIH Announces Upcoming Genomic Medicine Studies

May 30, 2019

PreCancer Atlas Attempts to Push Precision Medicine to Early-Stage Disease
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Apr 15, 2019

Duke Researchers Engineer RNA Hairpin Structures to Improve CRISPR Specificity

Mar 7, 2019

CRISPR License Agreements Prohibit Misuse, but Enforcement is Challenging
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Jan 16, 2019

Predigen Diagnostics Developing Gene Expression Platform to Differentiate Bacterial from Viral Infections
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Dec 18, 2018

Lung Cancer Immune Microenvironment May Vary Within Tumor, Complicating TMB-Based Predictions

Nov 9, 2018

National Cancer Institute Awards $4M to Brain Tumor Sequencing Projects

Oct 2, 2018

HIV Latency Affected by Host Cell Transcriptomes

Sep 20, 2018

Celldom to Tackle Single-Cell Analysis Sector With Integrated Genotyping, Phenotyping Platform
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Aug 9, 2018

Pathogen Response-Related Variants Tapped for Broader Disease Insights

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Study Points to Tuberculosis Protection by Gaucher Disease Mutation

A mutation linked to Gaucher disease in the Ashkenazi Jewish population appears to boost Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance in a zebrafish model of the lysosomal storage condition, a new PNAS study finds.

SpliceVault Portal Provides Look at RNA Splicing Changes Linked to Genetic Variants

The portal, described in Nature Genetics, houses variant-related messenger RNA splicing insights drawn from RNA sequencing data in nearly 335,700 samples — a set known as the 300K-RNA resource.

Automated Sequencing Pipeline Appears to Allow Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Lineage Detection in Nevada Study

Researchers in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics describe and assess a Clear Labs Dx automated workflow, sequencing, and bioinformatic analysis method for quickly identifying SARS-CoV-2 lineages.

UK Team Presents Genetic, Epigenetic Sequencing Method

Using enzymatic DNA preparation steps, researchers in Nature Biotechnology develop a strategy for sequencing DNA, along with 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, on existing sequencers.