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Tuberculosis Study Leads to Potential Immune Markers for Active Disease

By tracking immune responses to mycobacteria or related antigens, investigators identified characteristic immune features linked to active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

GWAS of Latin Americans Suggests Lip Shape Influenced by Locus of Denisovan Origin

The study, which included more than 6,000 individuals and 59 facial measurements, uncovered a number of novel genetic loci associated with facial traits.

Recurrent SARS-CoV-2 Virus Mutations Do Not Increase Transmissibility, Study Finds

A team led by researchers at University College London studied mutations in almost 47,000 viral genomes collected from patients worldwide.

Genosity Latest Entrant to Growing ctDNA Residual Disease Monitoring Market
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The company has been authorized by the state of New Jersey to provide sequencing-based cancer detection and surveillance using patient-specific ctDNA assays.

BRCA1/2 Population Screening Predicted to be Cost-Effective in Countries With Different Income Levels

An analysis of societal and health system cost-effectiveness and outcomes points to the benefits of expanding pathogenic BRCA1/2 variant testing in six countries.

May 26, 2020

AstraZeneca, ArcherDx Partner on Minimal Residual Disease Monitoring for Lung Cancer Drug Trials

Apr 30, 2020

New TraceRx Data Adds Evidence for Adjuvant Liquid Biopsy Minimal Residual Disease Testing
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Mar 30, 2020

Refractive Error GWAS Leads To More Than 300 New Loci

Jan 9, 2020

Heart Failure GWAS Leads to Risk Loci, Causal Clues

Dec 5, 2019

Childhood Kidney Cancer Arises From Altered Normal Tissue, Sequencing Study Finds

Oct 31, 2019

New Early Cancer Detection Alliance to Trial Bevy of New Technologies and Tests
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Oct 7, 2019

Lung Cancer Studies From TRACERx Consortium Explore How Tumor Cells Evolve

Sep 27, 2019

Hearing Loss GWAS of UK Biobank Samples Implicates More Than 40 Loci

Sep 18, 2019

Babies Born by C-Section More Likely to Carry Opportunistic Pathogens in Gut Microbiome

Apr 2, 2019

Klebsiella Sequencing Study Reveals Resistance, Transmission Events During Chinese Hospital Outbreak

Mar 28, 2019

ArcherDx, University College London, Crick Institute Partner on Lung Cancer Recurrence Research

Mar 20, 2019

TRACERx Study Characterizes Immune Relationship to Lung Tumor Evolution

Jan 23, 2019

Genomic Differences in Pre-Invasive Lung Cancer Lesions May Predict Outcome

Jan 22, 2019

GWAS of Latin Americans Uncovers Novel Skin Pigmentation Loci

Nov 30, 2018

Liquid Biopsy Test to Guide Prostate Cancer Treatment Being Developed With £5M Award
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Nov 20, 2018

BMI-Related Variants in Children May Influence Parental Feeding Patterns

Oct 22, 2018

UCL, Congenica, UK Epilepsy Society to Examine Genetic Risk Factors for Sudden Epileptic Death

Jul 26, 2018

UCL Team Develops Clinical Pediatric Whole-Genome Sequencing Workflow for NHS Setting

Mar 29, 2018

SIDS Exomes Reveal Disruptive Mutations in Skeletal Respiratory Muscle Contributor

Feb 28, 2018

European Study Yields New Cell-Free DNA Methylation Markers for Ovarian, Breast Cancers
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Another Resignation

According to the Wall Street Journal, a third advisory panel member has resigned following the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of an Alzheimer's disease drug.

Novavax Finds Its Vaccine Effective

Reuters reports Novavax's SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19.

Can't Be Used

The US Food and Drug Administration says millions of vaccine doses made at an embattled manufacturing facility cannot be used, the New York Times reports.

PLOS Papers on Frozen Shoulder GWAS, Epstein-Barr Effects on Immune Cell Epigenetics, More

In PLOS this week: genome-wide association study of frozen shoulder, epigenetic patterns of Epstein-Barr-infected B lymphocyte cells, and more.