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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.

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorizations for SARS-CoV-2 Tests From Harvard, NowDiagnostics

Harvard's RT-PCR-based test can be used with self-collected nasal samples, while NowDiagnostics' immunoassay can be used with fingerstick blood samples.

Rabid-Seq Method Offers NGS-Based View of Cellular Interactions in the Brain
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The method was applied to discover a druggable target and elucidate the mechanism of action for a small molecule inhibitor of that target in a disease model.

Researchers Reconstruct Ancient Human Gut Microbiomes From Paleofeces

The analysis found the ancient gut microbiomes to be similar to those of modern-day individuals from non-industrialized populations.

Parkinson's Disease Progression Linked to Five Variants in Genome-Wide Survival Study

The researchers also developed a polygenic hazard score to predict which individuals with Parkinson's are likely to develop disease-related dementia.

May 4, 2021

Harvard Licenses Nasal Swab Collection Tech to Rhinostics

Apr 30, 2021

Tissue Atlases Provide Peek Into Single-Cell Level Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Infections

Apr 5, 2021

Acuity Spatial Genomics to Develop Platform for In Situ Analysis of 3D Genome Organization
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Apr 2, 2021

Alzheimer's Disease Genomes Lead to Novel Loci Involved in Synaptic Function

Mar 18, 2021

Bruker Invests in Startup Acuity Spatial Genomics

Mar 12, 2021

Harvard, Nvidia Team Develops Deep Learning Approach to Improve ATAC-Seq Quality
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Mar 11, 2021

Parse Biosciences Lowers Cost Barriers to Single-Cell Transcriptomics Research
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Mar 10, 2021

Genetic Profiling Suggests Ancient Massacre Involved Indiscriminate Killing

Mar 8, 2021

Case-Case GWAS Approach Identifies Loci That Differ in Frequency Across Psychiatric Disorders

Mar 5, 2021

Spatial Omics Firms Use AGBT as Launchpad for New Tech
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Feb 24, 2021

Glaucoma GWAS Meta-Analysis Uncovers New Risk Loci, Shared Risk Across Ancestry Groups

Feb 23, 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Test Pooling Studies Offer Insights for Implementing, Optimizing Approaches

Feb 8, 2021

Disease-Linked Mutations May Affect Protein-Protein Interactions, Influence Drug Response

Feb 3, 2021

Single-Nucleus Sequencing Holds High Risk, High Reward for Translational Transcriptomics
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Feb 1, 2021

Expansion Sequencing Improves on Church Lab's In Situ Transcriptomics Method
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Jan 11, 2021

Mosaic Enhancer Mutations, CNVs Contribute to Risk of Developing Autism

Jan 11, 2021

Broad Institute, MIT Researchers Probe Genome Structure With New In Situ DNA Sequencing Method
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Dec 8, 2020

New Methods Enable Phased Human Genome Assemblies Without Parental Data
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Dec 3, 2020

Pharmacogenetic Testing for Statin Side Effects Doesn't Result in Worse Blood Cholesterol Levels

Nov 20, 2020

Increased Adoption of Whole-Genome Sequencing Testing Hinges on Acceptance by Payors, Providers
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CDC Calls Delta "Variant of Concern"

CNN reports the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now considers the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 to be a "variant of concern."

From FDA to Venture Capital

Former FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn is taking a position at a venture capital firm, leading some ethicists to raise eyebrows, according to the Washington Post.

Consent Questions

Nature News writes that there are questions whether informed consent was obtained for some submissions to a database of Y-chromosome profiles.

Cell Studies on Multimodal Single-Cell Analysis, Coronaviruses in Bats, Urban Microbiomes

In Cell this week: approach to analyze multimodal single-cell genomic data, analysis of bat coronaviruses, and more.