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Gastric Cancer Driver Analysis Leads to Ancestry-, Subtype-Specific Features

A multi-ancestry analysis highlighted gastric cancer drivers, including those linked to specific cancer subtypes, patient ancestry, and lifestyle-related risk factors.

Coronary Artery Disease Loci Identified in Japanese GWAS, Trans-Ancestry Meta-Analysis

Researchers found ancestry-specific risk variants and developed a better polygenic risk score based on a GWAS and subsequent meta-analysis.

Japanese Startup BitBiome Builds Single-Cell Bacterial Sequencing Services Business
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The Tokyo-based firm is looking to expand into the US market following a recent ¥700 million ($6.6 million) Series B financing round.

Japan's BitBiome Raises ¥700M in Series B Financing

he single-cell microbiome sequencing firm has raised a total of ¥1.5 billion in equity financin

Large-Scale Japanese GWAS Uncovers Two Novel Loci Associated With Lung Cancer, Heart Disease

The GWAS of more than 200,000 Japanese individuals across 42 diseases identified 25 novel loci shared between Japanese and European populations.

May 6, 2020

Gastric Cancer Analysis Uncovers Links to Alcohol Use, Genetic Factors in East Asians

Oct 9, 2019

Japanese Informatics Firm Genomedia Sees SCRUM Cancer Project as Path to Wider Adoption
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Jul 22, 2019

Two Studies Tie Repeat Expansions to Rare, Progressive Neurodegenerative Disease

Feb 4, 2019

Type 2 Diabetes GWAS Meta-Analysis in Japanese Population Identifies 28 Novel Risk Loci

Nov 20, 2017

Multi-Platform Omics Analysis Reveals Biomarkers of Human Host Response to Ebola Infection

Jul 5, 2017

Studies Describe New Alterations in Pediatric T-Cell ALL

Jun 22, 2017

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Study Finds Homologous Recombination, Structural Variant Shifts

Dec 19, 2016

Editas Medicine Inks Licensing Deals for CRISPR IP

Mar 28, 2016

Team IDs New Recurrent Fusions in ALL Cases in Adolescents, Young Adults

Dec 22, 2015

Japanese Scientists Perform CRISPR/Cas9 Editing on Fungus Used in Sake, Soy Sauce Production

Jul 10, 2015

Light-Inducible CRISPR/Cas9 Systems May Provide Greater Control Over Experiments
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Nov 4, 2014

IP Roundup: GE, Luminex, and University of Tokyo Win US Patents
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Jul 22, 2014

Mammalian Genome Analyses Find Elephants Have Large Number of Olfactory Receptor Genes

Sep 23, 2013

Researchers Report on Recurrent Mutations in Down Syndrome-related Myeloid Condition, Blood Cancer

Aug 19, 2013

Pair of Studies Link Telomere, Cohesin-related Variants to Myeloma

Jun 25, 2013

Japanese Researchers Report on Integrated Kidney Cancer Genomic Study

Aug 24, 2011

Shimadzu, University of Tokyo Developing Lipidomics Biomarker Technologies

Apr 18, 2011

Sequencing, Association Studies ID New Liver Cancer Genes

Oct 25, 2010

Team Sequences First Japanese Genome

Jun 26, 2009

Sun Blade System at Tokyo's Human Genome Center Debuts on Top500 Supercomputer List
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Sick Newborns Selected for WGS With Automated Pipeline

Researchers successfully prioritized infants with potential Mendelian conditions for whole-genome sequencing or rapid whole-genome sequencing, as they report in Genome Medicine.

Acne-Linked Loci Found Through GWAS Meta-Analysis

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics find new and known acne vulgaris risk loci with a genome-wide association study and meta-analysis, highlighting hair follicle- and metabolic disease-related genes.

Retina Cell Loss Reversed by Prime Editing in Mouse Model of Retinitis Pigmentosa

A team from China turns to prime editing to correct a retinitis pigmentosa-causing mutation in the PDE6b gene in a mouse model of the progressive photoreceptor loss condition in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

CRISPR Screens Reveal Heart Attack-Linked Gene

Researchers in PLOS Genetics have used CRISPR screens to home in on variants associated with coronary artery disease that affect vascular endothelial function.