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InnoTech, MIT Developing Multiplexed Biosensor Platform for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
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Aiming to increase test performance, the developers are integrating separate sensors to detect protein and nucleic acid biomarkers for SARS-CoV-2 in a single platform.

Speedy Long-Read Genome Assembly Enabled by Minimizer-Space Analysis

The minimizer-space de Bruijn graph approach could assemble a human genome in less than 10 minutes using eight cores and 10 gigabytes of random access memory.

CRISPR-Based Platform Tests for SARS-CoV-2 Using Saliva Samples
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The point-of-care system can detect SARS-CoV-2 in unprocessed patient saliva in about an hour, according to the researchers.

MIT-Led Team Develops Genomics Platform to Support Heart Disease Treatment Decisions
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The platform is already being used in drug development and could eventually be harnessed to guide therapy selection in at-risk patients.

CRISPR-Based Assay Developed for Genome Editing in Space

The work aboard the International Space Station may help researchers better understand how conditions in space affect DNA damage and repair pathways.

Jun 24, 2021

SMART Team Improves Virus Detection Speed With Quantitative CRISPR-Based Isothermal Amplification
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Jun 11, 2021

MIT Researchers Devise Oligo Barcode-Based 'File System' for DNA Data Storage
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Apr 28, 2021

CRISPRoff Reversible Epigenome Editing Method Could Enable Safer, More Precise Therapeutics
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Feb 3, 2021

Human Epigenome Map Reveals New Insights Into Genetic Loci for Traits, Diseases

Feb 1, 2021

Expansion Sequencing Improves on Church Lab's In Situ Transcriptomics Method
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Jan 21, 2021

Lung Cancer Metastasis Study Relies on CRISPR-Based Method to Track Single-Cell Lineages

Jan 11, 2021

Broad Institute, MIT Researchers Probe Genome Structure With New In Situ DNA Sequencing Method
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Oct 20, 2020

RNA Timestamps Method Clocks Age of Individual RNAs in Single-Cell Experiments
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Sep 24, 2020

Catalog DNA Merges Molecular Biology, Information Theory to Pursue DNA-Based Computing
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Sep 21, 2020

Malaria Assays Use CRISPR for Point-of-Care Multispecies Detection
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Jul 29, 2020

ENCODE Phase Three Offers New Insights Into Genomic Regulatory Regions, Organization

Jul 15, 2020

ReviveMed, Bristol Myers Squibb to Study Metabolomics for Cancer Immunotherapy

Jun 11, 2020

Coronavirus Pathogenicity Clues Uncovered Using Machine-Learning Approach

Apr 30, 2020

Prostate Cells With Regenerative Capability Uncovered by Single-Cell Transcriptomics

Apr 29, 2020

Broad Institute Researchers Develop Viral Detection Platform Based on Microfluidics, CRISPR Tech

Apr 16, 2020

Human Tumor Atlas Network Team Shares Strategy for Tracking Tumor Transitions

Mar 5, 2020

Analysis of NatGeo Genographic Project Data Reveals Complexity of US Population

Feb 24, 2020

Ancient Salmonella Genomes Reveal Human Lifestyle-Related Host Adaptations

Jan 29, 2020

Breast Cancer Risk Clues Found By Sequencing Cells From BRCA2 Germline Mutation Carriers

Aug 22, 2019

Single-Base Editing Expands Possibilities for Computing With DNA in Cells

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The Scan

For STEM Students to Stay

New policy changes will make it easier for international STEM students to stay in the US after graduation, the Wall Street Journal reports.

To Inform or Not, To Know or Not

The New York Times writes that some genetic biobanks may re-contact donors if they spot something troublesome, but it notes that not all donors want that information.

Rapid Test Studies

Researchers are examining why rapid tests may be less effective at detecting the Omicron variant and how to improve them, NPR says.

PLOS Papers on SARS-CoV-2 Diversity in Delaware, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Adiposity GWAS

In PLOS this week: genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 isolates from Delaware, gene expression and protein-protein interaction patterns in metastatic breast cancer, and more.