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Longevity Genetics Influenced by Age, Sex in Mouse Study

Starting with genetic and other data for thousands of heterogenous mice, investigators identified longevity mediators ranging from body and litter size to age and biological sex.

Innova Medical Group Licenses Molecular Testing Tech From University of Birmingham

The RTF-EXPAR technology provides molecular detection in as little as 10 minutes without the requirement for reverse transcription.

University of Birmingham, Nonacus to Develop Urine Cancer Liquid Biopsy Assay

The partners plan to offer the assay, which uses Nonacus' liquid biopsy sample prep platform and a biomarker panel validated by the university, by mid-2022.

Swiss Firm Marker Diagnostics Developing Saliva-Based Concussion Assay
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The firm said it believes that the results of a recent study are representative of the broader utility of the test and its potential for broad application to diagnose concussions.

UK Team Creates Five-Minute SARS-CoV-2 MDx With Rarely Used Isothermal Amplification Method
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The University of Birmingham-developed method combines a method called EXPAR with a rapid upfront step to obviate reverse transcription.

Aug 28, 2020

UK Consortium Wins £6.5M From Government to Study SARS-CoV-2 Immune Response

Mar 25, 2020

UK COVID-19 Sequencing Consortium to Reveal Viral Spread, Evolution

Mar 23, 2020

UK COVID-19 Sequencing Consortium Launches With £20M in Government, Wellcome Trust Funding

Nov 14, 2019

Linear Diagnostics Lands £2M Investment

Apr 23, 2019

Researchers Explore Pathogenic, Drug-Resistant E. Coli Population Adaptation Strategies

Jan 23, 2019

Long-Read Genome Assemblies Have Many Errors in Protein-Coding Regions, Study Finds

Nov 29, 2018

Nanopore Platform Developers Aim to Bring Multiplex MDx Testing to Point of Care
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Nov 12, 2018

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Regulatory Networks Identified

Jul 27, 2018

HPV, Polyomavirus Infections Likely Minor Bladder Cancer Contributors, Study Suggests

Dec 18, 2017

Linear Diagnostics Developing Microfluidic Cartridge to Detect Bacteria, Antibiotic Resistance
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Nov 8, 2017

GFC Diagnostics Moves From Smoking Tests to MRSA Diagnostics
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May 24, 2017

Genomic Studies Untangle Zika Virus Introduction, Spread Across Americas

Feb 26, 2016

At AGBT, Researchers Describe Using Long Reads for Clinical Applications
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Feb 3, 2016

Researchers Report on Ebola Virus Patterns Detected by Portable Lab Sequencing

Oct 15, 2015

UK-Funded Effort Aims to Offer Researchers Free Microbial Genome Analysis Resources
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Jun 3, 2015

Nanopore Sequencer Enables Rapid Analysis of Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
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May 11, 2015

BBSRC Funds UK-China Metabolomics Data-Sharing Collaboration

Feb 23, 2015

Team Demonstrates De Novo Assembly of Bacterial Genome from Nanopore Data Alone
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Nov 3, 2014

Beckman Coulter, U of Birmingham Collaborate to Improve Throughput for Omics Research

Jul 7, 2014

BGI, U of Birmingham Create Environmental Omics Center in UK

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Cell Signaling Pathway Identified as Metastasis Suppressor

A new study in Nature homes in on the STING pathway as a suppressor of metastasis in a mouse model of lung cancer.

Using Bees to Gain Insights into Urban Microbiomes

As bees buzz around, they pick up debris that provides insight into the metagenome of their surroundings, researchers report in Environmental Microbiome.

Age, Genetic Risk Tied to Blood Lipid Changes in New Study

A study appearing in JAMA Network Open suggests strategies to address high lipid levels should focus on individuals with high genetic risk and at specific ages.

Study Examines Insights Gained by Adjunct Trio RNA Sequencing in Complex Pediatric Disease Cases

Researchers in AJHG explore the diagnostic utility of adding parent-child RNA-seq to genome sequencing in dozens of families with complex, undiagnosed genetic disease.