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Researchers Aim to Improve Lynch Syndrome Testing With Genetic-Epigenetic Combination Method
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The sequencing test involves a single library preparation that is then split for parallel analysis of promoter methylation, MSI calculation, and gene mutation detection.

CNV Analyses May Uncover Mendelian Conditions in Undiagnosed Pediatric Patients

Investigators diagnosed additional Mendelian conditions with copy number variant analyses on pediatric patients who remained undiagnosed after exome sequencing.

Researchers Turn Methylated DNA Profiling Method Towards Prenatal Testing Applications
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At the ASHG 2020 virtual meeting, researchers presented data showing they could use the method to enrich for placental DNA in maternal plasma samples.

Cellular Analytics Eyes Early Mesothelioma Detection Using Liquid Biopsy Tech
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The firm's assay, dubbed MesoFind, uses an immunomagnetic capture method to identify surface antigens on mesothelioma pleural cells in a patient's blood sample.

CRISPR Screen Uncovers Genes That Help Cancer Cells Evade Immune System

Autophagy-associated genes appear to be important for immune evasion, but losing multiple of these genes could also make cancers resistant to T cell activity.

Jun 26, 2020

Brain, Kidney Cancer Studies Lay Path for Clinical Application of Epigenetic Liquid Biopsy Method
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Apr 13, 2020

Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma Molecular and Clinical Analysis Defines Subtypes That Predict Outcome

Apr 8, 2020

Tens of Thousands of Protein-Protein Interactions Reported in Human Reference Interactome Map

Mar 18, 2020

CRISPR Screening Approach for Mapping Genetic Interactions Uncovers Masked Phenotypes

Mar 12, 2020

Head and Neck Cancer Driver Mutations Affect NOTCH Pathway, CRISPR Screen Finds

Feb 5, 2020

Large-Scale Pan-Cancer Analysis Expands Set of Alterations Disrupting Key Genes, Pathways

Jan 7, 2020

Circulating Tumor Cell Collection, Analysis Methods Make Headway in 2019
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Dec 12, 2019

Online Tool to Select Secondary Findings May Shorten Genetic Counseling Sessions

Nov 6, 2019

Cellular Analytics Eyes Drug Development Space with Circulating Tumor Cell Capture Platform
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Oct 7, 2019

Prostate Cancer Methylation Levels Linked to Regulatory Variants in Germline

May 3, 2019

Differential Methylation of Enhancer May Lead to Abnormal Dopamine Levels in Major Psychosis

Feb 7, 2019

Cancer-Associated Circular RNAs Catalogued Across Tumor Types

Feb 4, 2019

Genome Canada, Partners Award $42.6M in Genomics, Informatics Research Funding

Jan 14, 2019

Risky Behavior Tied to Hundreds of Loci Through Large GWAS Analysis

Jan 2, 2019

Circulating Tumor Cell Capture Technologies Expand in 2018
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Nov 21, 2018

Immunoprecipitation Method Could Improve Epigenetic Early Cancer Detection Tests
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Nov 14, 2018

Methylation-Based Cancer Early Detection Method Shows Promise in Preliminary Studies

Sep 17, 2018

NGS-Based Post-Transplant Acute Myeloid Leukemia Assay Predicts Relapse Risk
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Aug 30, 2018

Subset of Ewing Sarcomas Arise from Early, Complex Genome Rearrangements

Apr 6, 2018

Researchers Debut Method for Combined Separation, Gene Expression Analysis of CTCs
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Another Resignation

According to the Wall Street Journal, a third advisory panel member has resigned following the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of an Alzheimer's disease drug.

Novavax Finds Its Vaccine Effective

Reuters reports Novavax's SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19.

Can't Be Used

The US Food and Drug Administration says millions of vaccine doses made at an embattled manufacturing facility cannot be used, the New York Times reports.

PLOS Papers on Frozen Shoulder GWAS, Epstein-Barr Effects on Immune Cell Epigenetics, More

In PLOS this week: genome-wide association study of frozen shoulder, epigenetic patterns of Epstein-Barr-infected B lymphocyte cells, and more.