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Jun 12, 2014

Single-cell Analysis Underscores Heterogeneity within Brain Tumors

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) — Cells that make up brain tumors are more heterogeneous than previously thought, according to a new single-cell transcriptomic analysis appearing in Science today.

Jun 10, 2014

IP Roundup: PLC Diagnostics, Affymetrix, One Lambda, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Illumina

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Title: System and method for nucleic acids sequencing by phased synthesis.
Patent Number: 8,747,751
Filed: June 10, 2009

May 15, 2014

New Data Demonstrate siRNA Delivery to Endothelial Cells In Vivo

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A team led by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this week published a study describing a new type of nanoparticle capable of delivering siRNAs to endothelial cells, while dodging hepatocytes and immune cells, at doses far lower than previously requi

May 13, 2014

Researchers Modify Illumina GAII to Perform High-Throughput RNA-Protein Interaction Assays

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A Stanford University group has come up with a high-throughput strategy for mapping RNA-protein interactions that involves repurposing the Illumina GAIIx instrument for use as a massively parallel RNA array.

Feb 05, 2014

Network Analysis Points to Inflammatory Protein Players in Endometriosis

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A Massachusetts-based team reporting in Science Translational Medicine has identified an abdominal fluid protein signature that's present in a subset of individuals with end

Jan 06, 2014

Ludwig Foundation Pumps $540M into Six Cancer Research Centers

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Six US institutions that pursue a wide range of genomic, molecular, and personalized cancer research have received a total of $540 million in new funding from Ludwig Cancer Research.

Nov 12, 2013

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Finding that Affymetrix, Navigenics Did Not Infringe MIT Patent

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a lower court's ruling that Affymetrix and Life Technologies' Navigenics business did not infringe a patent held by E8 Pharmaceuticals and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Oct 29, 2013

IP Roundup: Panasonic, Asuragen, Illumina, US CDC, Canon, Aviva Bio, MIT, and More

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Panasonic of Osaka, Japan, has received US Patent No.

Oct 01, 2013

RIC Lands $9M for Molecular Tools for Recording Neuron Activity

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – An investigator at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago plans to use a new $9 million Transformative Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to develop DNA-based technologies that could be used to monitor neuron activity in living brains, RIC said on T

Jun 10, 2013

GenomeWeb Feature: The Problem of Data Security and Privacy in the Age of Genomic Medicine

Like many other omics-based research projects, the Personal Genome Project aims to get a better understanding of the genetic bases for disease and a desire to use that knowledge to improve public health.

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The Scan

Whittling Down the Database

The New York City Police Department will be removing DNA profiles from a local database if they are from people who were never convicted of a crime, the New York Times reports.

Accusations and Certifications

Science reports that accusations of sexual assault against a microbiome researcher has also led to questions about his academic certifications.

DNA That Floats Behind

Wired reports that researchers are analyzing the DNA fish leave behind in water to study their populations.

Science Papers Include Thymus Cellular Map, Ancient Archaic Hominin Admixture

In Science this week: comprehensive cellular map of the human thymus, evidence of admixture between the ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovan and a 'superarchaic' population.

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