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UCSF Health Set to Launch Clinical Pharmacogenetics Program
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Doctors will be able to test patients for 17 genes known to influence response to 62 drugs and receive guidance from EHR-embedded pre- and post-test alerts.

Personalis, UCSF to Study ctDNA Utility in Colorectal Cancer Treatment Response Monitoring

Researchers will employ the company's tumor-informed, personalized assays to analyze ctDNA patterns linked to immunotherapy drug response.

MorPhiC Initiative to Test Strategies to Characterize Function of Every Human Gene at Scale
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Five research groups participating in the NHGRI-funded Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells initiative aim to characterize 1,000 null alleles in a pilot phase.

NIH Launches $500M Effort to Map Cells of the Human Brain

The BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) will rely heavily on single-cell sequencing and bioinformatics to create brain cell atlases and maps of cell interactions.

Gut Microbiome in Multiple Sclerosis Varies by Disease Course, Treatment Approach

Researchers from the International Multiple Sclerosis Microbiome Study compared the gut microbiomes of MS patients and healthy household controls.

Aug 31, 2022

Mammoth Biosciences Develops SNP-Detecting CRISPR System for SARS-CoV-2 Variant Surveillance
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Jul 20, 2022

Treatment-Resistant Prostate Cancer Clues Drawn From Circulating Tumor DNA Dynamics

Jul 7, 2022

California Passes State Budget Including $19.3M for Precision Medicine
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May 9, 2022

CNV-Adjusted Analysis Points to Prognostically Informative Meningioma Methylation Groups

May 5, 2022

Study Points to Pathways, Conditions Influenced by 'Sex-Heterogeneous SNPs'

Apr 29, 2022

Exai Bio Commercializing Noncoding RNA Method for Liquid Biopsy Applications
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Apr 8, 2022

Single-Cell Sequencing Study Uncovers Blood Cell Type-Specific Features

Apr 7, 2022

IDbyDNA Nabs Additional Funding for Gene Editing Dx, Biosurveillance Tech

Mar 9, 2022

Expression, Microbiome Features Provide Pre-Treatment Lung Function Clues for Pediatric Patients

Jan 28, 2022

Brain Vascular Malformation Insights Gleaned From Single-Cell Atlas

Oct 25, 2021

Single-Cell Genomics Study Elucidates Viral, Host Factors of Human Cytomegalovirus

Sep 29, 2021

Metagenomic Infectious Disease Sequencing Test Repurposed for Cancer Detection From CSF Samples
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Jul 22, 2021

Multi-Ethnic Migraine GWAS Uncovers Risk Loci Specific to Sex, Ancestry

Apr 28, 2021

CRISPRoff Reversible Epigenome Editing Method Could Enable Safer, More Precise Therapeutics
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Apr 20, 2021

Prostate Cancer Study Shows Oncotype DX GPS Test Accurately Measures Long-Term Outcomes
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Mar 19, 2021

NephroSant Readies Launch of Kidney Transplant Rejection Assay
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Feb 9, 2021

Germline Genetic Variants May Influence Tumor Immune Microenvironment, Treatment Response

Jan 21, 2021

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

Jan 15, 2021

Mammoth Biosciences Taking Lead Role in DARPA-Funded Development of Pathogen Detection Tech
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Jan 14, 2021

DARPA Awards $36.7M to Six Organizations for Gene Editing-Based Dx, Biosurveillance Tech

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Study Points to Tuberculosis Protection by Gaucher Disease Mutation

A mutation linked to Gaucher disease in the Ashkenazi Jewish population appears to boost Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance in a zebrafish model of the lysosomal storage condition, a new PNAS study finds.

SpliceVault Portal Provides Look at RNA Splicing Changes Linked to Genetic Variants

The portal, described in Nature Genetics, houses variant-related messenger RNA splicing insights drawn from RNA sequencing data in nearly 335,700 samples — a set known as the 300K-RNA resource.

Automated Sequencing Pipeline Appears to Allow Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Lineage Detection in Nevada Study

Researchers in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics describe and assess a Clear Labs Dx automated workflow, sequencing, and bioinformatic analysis method for quickly identifying SARS-CoV-2 lineages.

UK Team Presents Genetic, Epigenetic Sequencing Method

Using enzymatic DNA preparation steps, researchers in Nature Biotechnology develop a strategy for sequencing DNA, along with 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, on existing sequencers.