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CLIA Waiver in Hand, Binx Health Targeting Retailers, Urgent Care Centers With STI Tests
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Binx Health said that when it received FDA CLIA waiver, it already had a strategic partner for sales of its POC platform and chlamydia and gonorrhea tests.

Tightly Controllable Cas9 Genome Editor Could be Useful for Gene Drive Regulation

Researchers in the UK developed heritable Cas9-mediated mammalian genome editing that is acutely controlled by a cheap lysine derivative.

Helicobacter Pylori Subpopulations Evolved During Colonization of Americas

The researchers reported that New World H. pylori subpopulations reflected admixture of European and African strains, with some differences.

ERC Awards €2.5M to Team Studying Silent Mutations as Biomarkers

The work, led by University of Bath's Laurence Hurst, also aims to identify regions of the genome where DNA can be safely inserted for gene therapy.

Sequencing, Association Study Reveals Genetic Signatures of MRSA Toxicity

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – In a study published online today in Genome Research, an international team of investigators in the UK, Turkey, and elsewhere described the genome sequencing
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CRISPR Screens Reveal Heart Attack-Linked Gene

Researchers in PLOS Genetics have used CRISPR screens to home in on variants associated with coronary artery disease that affect vascular endothelial function.

Meta AI Computer Model Rapidly Predicts Hundreds of Millions of Metagenomic Proteins

Meta AI researchers describe in Science a new large language model that can predict the structures of millions of metagenomic proteins.

Hutch Team Develops Platform for Assessing Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutations

The approach described in Cell relies on lentiviral pseudotyping for mutational scanning, which the researchers applied to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

Potential New Therapeutic Target for Rheumatoid Arthritis Discovered

Researchers report in the American Journal of Human Genetics that SNPs implicated in rheumatoid arthritis often regulate the expression of the inflammation-related SPRED2 gene.