Close Menu
Home » University of Manchester

University of Manchester

Jan 07, 2020

PNAS Studies Look at Maternal Blood Extrachromosomal Circular DNAs, Mutation Accumulation, More

In PNAS this week: extrachromosomal circular DNA in pregnant women's blood plasma, mutation accumulation limited by tissue compartment size, and more.

Dec 06, 2019

Gene Panel Finds Pathogenic Variants Missed by Standard Tests in 5 Percent of Familial Cancer Cases

The researchers profiled 44 cancer-related genes in 191 individuals with familial breast cancer, colorectal cancer, or other forms of early-onset cancer.

Oct 31, 2019

New Early Cancer Detection Alliance to Trial Bevy of New Technologies and Tests

Premium

The number of technologies to be assessed is vast, and ranges from liquid biopsies and molecular imaging to immunohistochemistry and RNA-seq.

Oct 09, 2019

Would Not Be So Good for UK Science

Nobel laureates bemoan the potential effects of a no-deal Brexit on science in the UK, the Guardian reports.

Oct 07, 2019

Lung Cancer Studies From TRACERx Consortium Explore How Tumor Cells Evolve

Researchers from the TRACERx consortium analyzed blood and tumor samples to tease out features of lung cancers that are more likely to recur.

Oct 07, 2019

Prostate Cancer Methylation Levels Linked to Regulatory Variants in Germline

Researchers identified variants in the germline that appear to influence DNA methylation levels in prostate cancer tumors or in precancerous tissues.

Aug 23, 2019

Genedrive Prepping for UK Commercial Launch of PGx Test for Neonatal Hearing Loss

Premium

The test is the cornerstone of a study involving roughly a thousand patients from two British neonatal centers that is set to commence this fall.

May 23, 2019

Qiagen-Backed Firm Apis Assay Technologies Launches in Manchester Innovation Hub

The company, which is also backed by Health Innovation Manchester, aims to expedite the commercialization of biomarkers into new diagnostic tests.

Feb 25, 2019

Insomnia Studies Reveal New Risk Loci, Related Conditions

Using data for more than a million individuals with or without insomnia, two independent research teams tracked down associated risk loci and explored their functional effects.

Dec 03, 2018

UV-Induced DNA Damage Signature Linked to Better Melanoma Outcomes

A handful of exposures to ultraviolet radiation was enough to induce the melanoma-associated signature within a mouse model.

Pages

The Scan

Letting Samples Fly

Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine and Deloitte are looking into the use of drones to transport samples for testing. 

Layoffs at 23andMe

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing firm 23andMe is laying off about 100 people.

Dusty Resistance

Researchers from Northwestern University examined dust for antibiotic-resistance genes, New Scientist reports. 

Science Studies Use Single-Cell RNA Sequencing to Study Cell States, Apply Deep Phenotyping to Pregnancy

In Science this week: researchers present a computational method for predicting cellular differentiation state from single-cell RNA sequencing data, and more. 

Sponsorships

Privacy Policy.  Terms & Conditions.  .  Copyright © 2020 GenomeWeb, a business unit of Crain Communications.  All Rights Reserved.