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Medical College of Wisconsin Spinout RPRD Aims to Advance Clinical Pharmacogenomics
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The company plans to use Thermo Fisher Scientific's newly launched PharmacoScan array-based platform for its testing.

NIH Grants MCW $1.75M to Study Breast Cancer Tumor Microenvironment

The study will create a new rat model of disease to find genes that could inhibit tumor progression.

MCW Awarded $8M to Fund Rat Genome Database

The database has received a total of $35 million in funding, and in 2014 more than 180,000 scientists accessed it for their research.

Q&A: Clinical Microbiology Lab Director Nathan Ledeboer on MDx Trends
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Point-of-care testing, automation, and panelization of nucleic acid amplification testing are the future of the clinical lab ― and will likely change how labs and clinicians relate.

NHLBI Awards Medical College of Wisconsin $1.5M for Kidney Failure Research

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Medical College of Wisconsin said on Wednesday that it has been awarded a four-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to investigate genetic variants that may contribute to end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
Feb 12, 2014

Boston Children's, MCW to Assess Broad PGx Testing of Children in New 1,000-Patient Study
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Feb 11, 2014

MCW Lab Lands $8.7M to Create Knockout Rats for Modeling Disease Genetics

Feb 3, 2014

Research Institutes Launch PGx Investigation in Pediatric Population

Jul 16, 2013

Nanosphere Expects New Study to Augment Clinical Use of Gram-Positive Blood Culture Test
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May 22, 2013

Following Internal Pilot Program, MCW Launches Clinical Whole-Genome, Exome Testing for External Users
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Mar 13, 2013

Sequencing, Though Not Always a Slam Dunk, Gains Traction in Genomic Medicine
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Mar 7, 2013

Meridian Bioscience NAAT for Group A Strep Shines in Multicenter Clinical Study
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Mar 6, 2013

MCW and Baylor Share Experiences as Early Adopters of Diagnostic Sequencing for Rare Disorders
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Nov 1, 2012

MCW Plans to Offer its WGS Service Externally in 2013; Aims to Build $60M Joint Facility
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Oct 26, 2012

In Brief This Week: Abbott; PerkinElmer; Medical College of Wisconsin; Leica Biosystems; Accelrys; Five3 Genomics

Oct 23, 2012

Wisconsin Partners Win $4.3M for Type 1 Diabetes Genes Research

Jun 13, 2012

Sequencing Step Now 'Trivial' Part of Clinical Genomics Pipeline amid Analysis, Reimbursement Challenges
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Mar 21, 2012

Incidental Findings from Sequencing Studies Should be Returned, Say Genetics Specialists
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Mar 14, 2012

NHLBI to Provide $10M for MCW Genetic, Clinical Study of Blood Disorder

Mar 7, 2012

Early Adopters of Clinical Sequencing Warn It's Not a One-Size-Fits All Approach
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Feb 23, 2012

Study Finds miRNA Signatures Predictive of Recurrence in Early-Stage Lung Cancer
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Jan 11, 2012

MCW Team Planning Mid-Year Launch for 35-Gene PGx Panel on Ion Torrent PGM
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Jan 4, 2012

People in the News: Amy Lemke, Marc Stapley
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Dec 21, 2011

People in the News: Amy Lemke
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Oct 4, 2011

Nanosphere Releases Data on Gram-Positive Blood Culture Test Ahead of Anticipated FDA Approval
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The Scan

Comfort of Home

The Guardian reports that AstraZeneca is to run more clinical trials from people's homes with the aim of increasing participant diversity.

Keep Under Control

Genetic technologies are among the tools suggested to manage invasive species and feral animals in Australia, Newsweek says.

Just Make It

The New York Times writes that there is increased interest in applying gene synthesis to even more applications.

Nucleic Acids Research Papers on OncoDB, mBodyMap, Genomicus

In Nucleic Acids Research this week: database to analyze large cancer datasets, human body microbe database, and more.