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Variant Identified in Amish Population Appears to Protect From Cardiovascular Disease

A rare missense variant in the enzyme-coding gene B4GALT1 is linked to lower coronary artery disease risk and reduced blood LDL cholesterol levels.

RNA Disease Diagnostics Licenses RNA Lateral Flow Tech for At-Home SARS-CoV-2 Test

The company said the technology does not require nucleic acid amplification or isolation and can detect SARS-CoV-2 as effectively as PCR-based methods.

National Disease Research Interchange, Collaborators Win $12.5M NIH Grant for Biospecimen Effort

The partners will use the funds to secure pediatric biospecimens for the developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression project.

Novel CRISPR-Cas12a Orthologs Expand Gene Editing Toolkit for Plants
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Researchers screened nine orthologs that had not been tried in plants before and identified six that possessed high editing activity in rice.

RNA Disease Diagnostics to Develop Point-of-Care Coronavirus Test With Newly Licensed Tech

The company said it intends to use the technology to develop infectious disease diagnostics, with an initial focus on SARS-CoV-2.

Feb 26, 2020

Researchers Assemble Comprehensive Vaginal Microbiome Gene Catalog

Aug 27, 2019

NHGRI Awards $3M Under Genomic Innovator Program

Jul 23, 2019

Cancer Survival, Drug Response Influenced by Coexpression of Gene Pairs

Apr 5, 2019

U of Maryland Institute for Genome Sciences Wins $17.5M NIH Grant

Mar 22, 2019

Spontaneous Preterm Birth Clues Identified in Cervicovaginal Microbiome

Nov 8, 2018

Bacterial Classification Could Be Compromised as RefSeq Database Grows
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Oct 26, 2018

New Zika Genomes From African, Asian Lineages Document Virus' Population Diversity

Aug 31, 2018

NSF Awards $10M in EDGE Program Grants

Jun 27, 2018

Peruvian Genome Project Sheds Light on Native American Population History

Nov 6, 2017

NIH Awards $9M in Funding to Support Data Commons Pilot Phase

Oct 24, 2017

NIH Announces BRAIN Initiative Grants for 2017

Jun 13, 2017

Cellth Systems Licenses CTC Technology From University of Maryland

Apr 20, 2017

Rare Variants Linked to Cancer Using New Statistical Approach

Oct 12, 2016

African-Ancestry Populations Harbor Genetic Variation, Differences Not Seen in Genomic Databases

Oct 5, 2016

Quantitative PCR Gives New Insights on Large Study of Childhood Diarrhea in Africa, Asia
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Apr 26, 2016

Fecal Transplant Stool Banks Face Potential Regulatory Changes; May Affect Physicians, Patients
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Apr 6, 2016

UMD School of Public Health to Use CosmosID Tech in Food Crop Irrigation Project

Sep 10, 2015

NIH Awards $1.8M Grant to Develop Genomic Data Visualization Tools

May 6, 2015

Biomecite Diagnostics Options Molecular IBD Test Tech from UM Baltimore

Jan 26, 2015

U of Maryland-led Statistical Study Points to Co-evolution of Plasmodium Parasite, Mammalian Hosts
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University of Michigan President Fired

Mark Schlissel, the president of the University of Michigan, has been fired after an investigation into allegations he had an affair with a subordinate, the Washington Post reports.

Recommendation to Drop Charges

The Wall Street Journal says federal prosecutors recommended charges against MIT's Gang Chen, who was caught up by the China Initiative, be dropped.

Mix 'Em Together

The Guardian reports Moderna is planning to have a combination SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV vaccine by the 2023 flu season.

PNAS Papers on Earth BioGenome Project, SETX Knockouts, Pig Model of Cystic Fibrosis

In PNAS this week: Earth BioGenome Project reports progress, analysis of cells missing the progressive neurodegenerative disease-linked SETX gene, and more.