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Jul 05, 2017

Studies Describe New Alterations in Pediatric T-Cell ALL

Independent research teams took a look at the mutations, gene fusions, and other alterations that may inform pediatric T-ALL treatment and outcome predictions.

Jun 22, 2017

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

Mutation, structural variant, and expression data for up to three dozen TNBCs led to a subset of tumors with homologous recombination changes.

Dec 19, 2016

Editas Medicine Inks Licensing Deals for CRISPR IP

The licenses cover IP related to a new CRISPR technology known as Cpf1, advanced forms of Cas9, and additional Cas9-based genome editing technologies.

Mar 28, 2016

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

Japanese researchers uncovered recurrent DUX4 fusions in adolescent or young adult cases of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, along with other new ALL fusions.

Dec 22, 2015

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

Filamentous fungi are used in a variety of industrial processes and genome editing could increase enzyme yield and efficiency. 

Jul 10, 2015

Light-Inducible CRISPR/Cas9 Systems May Provide Greater Control Over Experiments

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A trend towards more precise Cas9 activity promises spatial and temporal control over the nuclease and could reduce risky off-target activity in gene editing.

Nov 04, 2014

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

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General Electric has been awarded

Jul 22, 2014

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

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Using a phylogenetic-based approach to study the genomes of more than a dozen mammals, University of Tokyo researchers found that African elephants have the largest number of characterized olfactory receptor genes.

Sep 23, 2013

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

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A single gene appears to be the main culprit in a myeloid proliferation complication called transient abnormal myelopoiesis, or TAM, that's sometimes seen in individuals with Down syndrome, according to a study online yesterday in Nature Genetics, which used

Aug 19, 2013

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

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A pair of studies appearing in Nature Genetics yesterday reported on a number of variants linked to myeloma, including a variant located near a gene involved in telomere function and ones linked to the cohesin complex.

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Pathogen Tracking

Sequencing could help combat foodborne illnesses, according to a blog post by Food and Drug Administration officials.

Teeny Tiny DNA Robot

Popular Mechanics reports that Caltech researchers have built a prototype nanobot using DNA.

New Siblings

The Sacramento Bee writes that direct-to-consumer genetic testing connected a woman to sperm donor-conceived half siblings.

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