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New Nanopore Sequencing Method Enables Direct Poliovirus Detection for Surveillance Testing
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The method, called DDNS, can identify poliovirus directly without cell culture, reducing the turnaround time for outbreak detection.

DNA Script Launches Early-Access Program for Enzymatic DNA Synthesis Platform

Through the program, customers will be able to access DNA Script's Syntax platform and new features prior to the system's full commercial launch.

SomaLogic to Process 30K Samples for European Cancer Study

The Boulder, Colorado-based proteomics firm will also create a center of excellence at Imperial College London to research chronic diseases.

DNAe, Imperial College London, U of Leicester to Develop NGS-Based Breast Cancer Monitoring Test

The project comes with an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership award, which formalizes a collaboration between DNAe and Imperial College London.

Imperial College London, Moredun Research Developing Silicon-Based Test for Infectious Disease Screening
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The researchers believe that their prototype could be the basis of a portable, point-of-care testing platform that would enable rapid testing anywhere.

Oct 2, 2020

UK Team Enhances Real-Time PCR Multiplexing Using Data Analytics
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Sep 24, 2020

Single-Cell Transcriptome Atlas of the Human Heart Highlights Heterogeneity

Sep 10, 2020

SkylineDx, Imperial College London, UCSD Partner to Develop Kawasaki Disease Test

May 27, 2020

GnomAD Consortium Details Range of Human Genetic Variation From Large Dataset

Apr 29, 2020

UK's DnaNudge Prepares Cartridge-Based PCR Test for COVID-19 Testing
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Mar 12, 2020

DIAMONDS Project Using New Classification Approach to Develop Rapid Infectious Disease Tests
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Feb 18, 2020

Polygenic Risk Score Studies Suggest Conventional Heart Disease Prediction Methods Still Preferable

Jan 20, 2020

Multi-Disease Diagnostic Platform Project Receives €22.5M in EU Funding

Sep 24, 2019

CareDx, NanoString Collaborate to Develop Organ Transplant Rejection Test

Sep 11, 2019

Strep A Sequences Point to Potential Scarlet Fever Culprit in the UK

Sep 4, 2019

Body Mass Index Influenced by Different Genetic Factors During Infancy, Later in Life

Mar 19, 2019

Oxford Biodynamics Joins UK Prostate Cancer Screening Trial

Jan 30, 2019

Computational Tool Speeds Up Bacterial ID, Surveillance Using Whole-Genome Sequencing
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Nov 29, 2018

Nanopore Platform Developers Aim to Bring Multiplex MDx Testing to Point of Care
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Nov 1, 2018

Chronic Infection Genetic Risk Loci Point to Immune, Metabolic Pathways

Jun 27, 2018

Dual RNA Sequencing Enables Host-Pathogen Transcriptome Analysis of Uncomplicated, Severe Malaria

Nov 1, 2017

Natera Joins UK Longitudinal Breast Cancer Liquid Biopsy Study

Jan 30, 2017

UK Biobank Dataset Reveals More Than 100 Genetic Loci Linked to Blood Pressure

Dec 13, 2016

Epilepsy Expression Network Defined by Systems Analysis

Sep 19, 2016

UK Opening Five New DNA Synthesis Foundries to Support National Research
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Latent HIV Found in White Blood Cells of Individuals on Long-Term Treatments

Researchers in Nature Microbiology find HIV genetic material in monocyte white blood cells and in macrophages that differentiated from them in individuals on HIV-suppressive treatment.

Seagull Microbiome Altered by Microplastic Exposure

The overall diversity and the composition at gut microbiome sites appear to coincide with microplastic exposure and ingestion in two wild bird species, according to a new Nature Ecology and Evolution study.

Study Traces Bladder Cancer Risk Contributors in Organ Transplant Recipients

In eLife, genome and transcriptome sequencing reveal mutation signatures, recurrent somatic mutations, and risky virus sequences in bladder cancers occurring in transplant recipients.

Genes Linked to White-Tailed Jackrabbits' Winter Coat Color Change

Climate change, the researchers noted in Science, may lead to camouflage mismatch and increase predation of white-tailed jackrabbits.