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Georgetown Researchers Call for Improved Pathogen Genomic Data Sharing
In a commentary in NEJM this week, the researchers highlighted problems with current pathogen genomic data sharing practices and provided solutions.
Transcriptome Analysis of At-Risk Breast Cells Uncovers Expression Shifts
The researchers said that a better understanding of breast cells located near tumors could provide insight into how recurrences develop.
Rockefeller Foundation Funds Global Pathogen Sequencing With $20M, Forms Collaborations
The funding and alliances mark the first step in the foundation's establishment of a pandemic prevention institute, which will collaborate with similar efforts elsewhere.
Fluidigm CEO Chris Linthwaite said the company aims to further penetrate the diagnostic and clinical markets with both its microfluidics and mass cytometry businesses.
Small Cell Lung Cancer Study Uncovers Disease-Associated Germline Mutations
The study, which showed that the disease may not only result from tobacco exposure as previously thought, could lay the groundwork for targeted therapies.