University of Edinburgh
New CRISPR Guide RNA Screen Helps Define Genetics of Spinal Cord Regeneration in Zebrafish
The rapid and scalable in vivo phenotypic screening method can be applied to study any biological function of interest, the researchers said.
GWAS Uncovers Sex-Based Differences in Genetic Origins of Chronic Pain
The researchers still found, though, that chronic pain in men and women is genetically correlated.
Scottish Liquid Biopsy Startup BioCaptiva Raises £1M in Seed Funding
The firm, a University of Edinburgh spinout, will use the funding to in-license its BioCollector liquid biopsy platform and launch initial trials.
Cancer Heritability Gene Set Expanded With Common Variant Analysis
Using a gene-level heritability analysis approach, investigators came up with a collection of genes that come together to influence the risk for more than a dozen cancer types.
Some core labs are expecting long waitlists in 2021 as PacBio's HiFi reads draw interest from researchers looking to put together whole genomes.
Jul 20, 2020