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Jackson Laboratory Modernizes its Research Data Storage Infrastructure
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The proliferation of NGS data has prompted Jax to organize storage into tiers based on access needs and to implement a chargeback program so researchers know the true costs.

Heligenics, Jackson Lab Partner to Study Breast Cancer Gene Variants

Heligenics will apply its GigaAssay, a massively parallelized platform for assaying molecular functions of single cells in culture, to ERBB2 variants.

Jackson Lab, Shriners Hospitals Partner to Investigate Genetics of Cerebral Palsy

The collaboration is the second between the organizations, which are also working together to study the genetic causes of orthopedic disorders in children.

Jackson Laboratory Coordinating Clinical Trial Sites for ASCO's TAPUR Trial

The lab's involvement will increase opportunities for cancer patients in these rural states to enroll in the trial and access molecularly informed treatments.

Jackson Laboratory Wins $3.4M NHGRI Grant to Study Workplace Genomic Testing

Jackson Laboratory researchers will lead an interdisciplinary team of experts to study the employee health benefits of workplace genetic testing.

Aug 17, 2020

Pan-Cancer Study Reveals Extrachromosomal DNA Frequency, Possible Survival Impacts

May 29, 2020

Lifebit's Updated CloudOS Looks to Alleviate Bottlenecks in Population-Level Data Analyses
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Jan 30, 2020

Jackson Lab, Shriners Hospitals to Study Genetics of Pediatric Orthopedic Disorders

Dec 18, 2019

Jackson Laboratory Receives $2.5M Grant to Study Influence of Host Genetics on Immunotherapy

Nov 26, 2019

GenapSys Targeting Smaller Labs With New Low-Cost Sequencer
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Nov 8, 2019

Clinicians Struggle to Interpret Genetic Test Results, Even After Education, Study Finds

Nov 6, 2019

Jax, Microsoft Team to Mine Medical Literature for Curating Clinical Knowledgebase
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Apr 16, 2019

Consortium Catalogs Structural Variation in Human Genomes Using Combination of Tools

Mar 12, 2019

Single-Cell Transcriptomes Reveal Neuronal Cell Types in Mouse Brain Region

Nov 9, 2018

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

Jul 31, 2018

New Mouse Models for Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease May Advance Biomarker, Drug Discovery
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Jan 11, 2018

Jackson Lab Wins $3.2M NIH Grant to Develop Epigenome Modification Tech

Nov 6, 2017

NIH Awards $9M in Funding to Support Data Commons Pilot Phase

Oct 17, 2017

Jackson Laboratory, Seven Bridges to Build PDX Data Platform With $2M NCI Grant

Aug 22, 2017

Jackson Laboratory Team Wins $2.1M NIH Grant to Develop RNA Analysis Tech

Jun 6, 2017

Jackson Lab Forms Genomics Research Alliance With Chinese Groups

Jun 3, 2017

Genomic Analysis Uncovers Population Restructuring Among Hospital Pathogen Isolates

Mar 30, 2017

NIH Awards Gene Ontology Consortium $2.7M to Improve Knowledgebase

Mar 29, 2017

Jackson Lab-Led Team Wins $1M Grant to Study Genomics of Neuroplasticity

Mar 6, 2017

Jackson Lab Wins DoD Grant to Develop Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Classification Method

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More Boosters for US

Following US Food and Drug Administration authorization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed booster doses of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, the Washington Post writes.

From a Pig

A genetically modified pig kidney was transplanted into a human without triggering an immune response, Reuters reports.

For Privacy's Sake

Wired reports that more US states are passing genetic privacy laws.

Science Paper on How Poaching Drove Evolution in African Elephants

In Science this week: poaching has led to the rapid evolution of tuskless African elephants.