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News on research grants, RFPs, government funding trends in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.

Ireland Outlines National Strategy to Streamline Access to Genomic Medicine
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The new strategy coincides with the launch of Genomics Data Infrastructure Ireland, a separate project for Irish genomic and clinical data.

Renalytix, Partners Launch $10M Consortium to Develop Kidney Disease Drug Response Tests

Renalytix said it will receive about $1 million in consortium funding to oversee commercial translation activities around the tests.

PamGene, Alithea Genomics, Lausanne University get €1M for Pan-Cancer Blood Test

The Dutch-Swiss Mainline consortium plans to develop a multiomics model to guide immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy across a broad range of cancers.

Estonian Team Building Personalized Medicine Center of Excellence With €30M in National, EU Funding
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Among many objectives, the project will perform whole-genome sequencing of 10,000 individuals to build out its reference genome set.

Scripps Research, Cue Health Pair up for COVID Test-to-Treat Program for Immunocompromised
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The Cue Health-sponsored ImmunoCare study is testing the value of giving immunocompromised people at-home tests, telemedicine, and prescription delivery.

Jan 4, 2023

Standards, Regulation, Funding Move Bioinformatics in 2022, But Hurdles to Precision Medicine Remain
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Jan 3, 2023

NIH Commits $4.8M in Grant Funding for All of Us Data Analysis, Related Tools

Dec 27, 2022

President Biden Signs Spending Bill, Boosting NIH, CDC, and FDA Budgets

Dec 16, 2022

EU Awards €4.8M to Support Transition of NGS Workflows to Clinical Settings
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Dec 14, 2022

LumiraDx Gets $14.2M in Gates Foundation Grants to Develop Point-of-Care Molecular TB Test

Dec 13, 2022

Genomics England, NHS to Lead £105M UK Study with Aim to Sequence 100K Newborns
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Dec 7, 2022

RADx Revved up COVID Testing Development. Will It Also Change the US Dx Ecosystem? Part 2
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Dec 6, 2022

RADx Revved up COVID Testing Development. Will It Also Change the US Dx Ecosystem? Part 1
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Dec 2, 2022

NTU-Singapore Launches S$160M Institute for Digital Molecular Analytics and Science

Dec 1, 2022

Ceres Nanosciences Wins $1.4M in NIH RADx Funding for Additional Wastewater Epidemiology Centers

Nov 29, 2022

Sherlock Biosciences Awarded $2M by Gates Foundation for Instrument-Free Diagnostics

Nov 28, 2022

NIDA Awards Geisinger $973K to Study Genomics of Opioid Use Disorder

Nov 8, 2022

SimBioSys Gets $2M NCI Award for Tumor Visualization, Analysis Platform

Nov 7, 2022

HHS, Cohen Foundation Award $1M to Lyme Disease Dx Research Projects

Oct 24, 2022

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Gates Foundation Award $2M for Metagenomic Pathogen Research

Oct 24, 2022

Canada Earmarks C$5.6M for Genomics Business Funding Program in Southern Ontario

Oct 13, 2022

St. Jude, Broad Institute, Dana-Farber Partner to Advance Pediatric Cancer Research

Oct 7, 2022

Center for Multiomic Human Brain Atlas to Tackle Methylation, Gene Expression for $500M NIH Project
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Oct 5, 2022

DiaSorin Gets $31M BARDA Funding for Point-of-Care Instrument

Oct 4, 2022

Xosomix Wins $319K NIH Grant to Develop Endometriosis Biomarkers

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International Team Proposes Checklist for Returning Genomic Research Results

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics present a checklist to guide the return of genomic research results to study participants.

Study Presents New Insights Into How Cancer Cells Overcome Telomere Shortening

Researchers report in Nucleic Acids Research that ATRX-deficient cancer cells have increased activity of the alternative lengthening of telomeres pathway.

Researchers Link Telomere Length With Alzheimer's Disease

Within UK Biobank participants, longer leukocyte telomere length is associated with a reduced risk of dementia, according to a new study in PLOS One.

Nucleotide Base Detected on Near-Earth Asteroid

Among other intriguing compounds, researchers find the nucleotide uracil, a component of RNA sequences, in samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, as they report in Nature Communications.