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Telomere-To-Telomere Consortium Shares Insights From Gapless Human Genome at ASHG
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A gapless human Y chromosome assembly is in the works and should be available in the next several months, NHGRI's Adam Phillippy said at the meeting.

PNAS Papers on MERS Vaccine Strategy, Desert Plant Genomics, Spatial Transcriptomics

In PNAS this week: vaccine strategy aimed at Middle East respiratory syndrome virus, genomic analysis of desert-adapted plants, and more.

National Disease Research Interchange, Collaborators Win $12.5M NIH Grant for Biospecimen Effort

The partners will use the funds to secure pediatric biospecimens for the developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression project.

New Leukocyte-Linked Loci Uncovered With Multi-Ancestry Genomes

Using genome sequence data for more than 61,800 diverse TOPMed participants, researchers found seven new loci with significant ties to leukocyte traits.

Lacks Family Hires Attorney

A lawyer for the family of Henrietta Lacks plans to seek compensation from pharmaceutical companies that have used her cancer cells in product development, the Baltimore Sun reports.

Apr 29, 2021

Valted Seq Lands Exclusive Rights to Evaluate Johns Hopkins Neurodegenerative Disease Dx Assays

Mar 10, 2021

Polygenic Risk Score Reporting Standards Developed

Feb 10, 2021

ImmunoScape, Johns Hopkins Team Profiles T Cell Response in COVID-19 Patients
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Jan 27, 2021

Heart Transplant Cell-Free DNA Test Enables Earlier Detection of Acute Rejection Than Biopsy
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Jan 12, 2021

Delfi Diagnostics Details Plans to Advance Fragmentomic Method for Early Cancer Detection
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Jan 12, 2021

Delfi Diagnostics Nets $100M in Series A Financing, Plans Multi-Cancer Screening Test

Dec 11, 2020

Cold Spring Harbor Lab Develops iPhone App for Mobile Sequencing Analysis
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Nov 24, 2020

Clinicians Face New Intervention Questions as Clonal Hematopoiesis Mutation Data Evolves
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Oct 27, 2020

Exact Sciences to Acquire Thrive Earlier Detection for up to $2.15B; Q3 Revenues Spike 87 Percent

Sep 10, 2020

GTEx Studies Provide Comprehensive Map of Genetic Regulatory Variation Across Cell Types, Tissues

Aug 5, 2020

All-Cause Mortality Associated With New Sex-Specific Polygenic Risk Scores

Jul 9, 2020

Aneuploidy Common in Early-Stage Human Embryos, Single-Cell RNA-Seq Study Reveals

Jun 17, 2020

Tomato Structural Variations Linked to Gene Expression, Traits

Jun 11, 2020

'Very Fast' CRISPR Enables Immediate, Synchronous Cleavage of Genomic Sites

May 18, 2020

Breast Cancer Susceptibility GWAS Highlights Dozens New Loci, Some Subtype-Specific

May 12, 2020

New Methods Draw Single-Cell, Spatial Genomics Data Closer Together
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Apr 29, 2020

Pan-Cancer Screening Tests Report First Performance Numbers in Undiagnosed Cohorts
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Apr 23, 2020

CareDx, Johns Hopkins Partner on Remote Monitoring of Lung Transplant Patients

Mar 16, 2020

Gene Expression Study of Brain Cell Layer Finds New Schizophrenia Risk Loci

Mar 13, 2020

Prostate Cancer Detection From Urine RNA, Metabolites Shows Promise
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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.