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Dec 04, 2017

Students Protest Tax Bill's Effect on Tuition Waivers

Graduate students and others object to the US House of Representatives tax bill treating tuition waivers as income.

Nov 14, 2017

This Week in PNAS

In PNAS this week: effector proteins contributing to Legionnaires' disease virulence, proteomic analysis of transition to quiescence, and more.

May 09, 2017

Admera, University of Rochester Partner on PGx Pain Management Study

The study will use Admera's PGxOne Plus test, which uses next-generation sequencing technology to interrogate genes in order to predict how patients will respond to drug therapy.

Apr 26, 2017

This Week in Genome Research

In Genome Research this week: repetitive satellite DNA in the fruit fly, transcriptome map assembly pipeline, and more.

Mar 28, 2017

NIH Names Semifinalists in $20M Antibiotic Resistance Dx Competition

The semifinalists will receive $50,000 each to develop prototypes of their concepts for submission in the second phase of the challenge.

Feb 04, 2016

URMC Inks Deal With Indivumed to Create Cancer Tissue Bank

The medical center will provide samples from their patients and will have access to the company's clinical data and other biological samples.

Jul 20, 2015

Scientists Evaluate Statistical Methods of Analyzing DNA Methylation on Microarrays

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The optimal statistical method to find differences in methylation between case samples and control samples depends on the study's sample size.

Jul 31, 2014

Researchers Describe 'Dunk and Swirl' Method to Allow Automated RT-PCR Analysis of Sputum

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) — Spurred by evidence that PCR of sputum, in addition to commonly tested nasal and pharyngeal swabs, can allow more sensitive diagnosis of respiratory viruses, researchers from the University of Rochester have published a study demonstrating their method for processing sputum

May 13, 2014

University of Rochester Reaps $4M Gift for Cancer Genomics

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The University of Rochester has received a $4 million donation from the James P. Wilmot Foundation to fund the recruitment of a senior researcher in cancer genomics and to cover startup costs for the scientist's lab.

Mar 13, 2014

Genomics in the Journals: 2014.03.13

While variants in the gene FTO have previously been associated with a propensity toward obesity, the University of Chicago's Marcelo Nóbrega and colleagues reported in Nature this week that those obesity-linked variants in FTO actually

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The Preliminary Investigation

Chinese state news agency Xinhua reports that a preliminary investigation has found He Jiankui performed his gene-editing work illegally.

John Mendelsohn Dies

John Mendelsohn, a former president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has died, the New York Times reports.

Similar, But Not Quite the Same

Identical twins receive different estimates of ancestry from the same direct-to-consumer genetic testing firms, CBC reports.

This Week in PNAS

In PNAS this week: chromosomal features of maize, adaptations in the vinous-throated parrotbill, and more.

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