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Feb 13, 2020

Another STAP Paper Pulled

Retraction Watch reports that a fourth paper linked to the STAP stem cell scandal has now been retraction.

Feb 13, 2020

To Find a Reason

A Columbia University doctor is seeking to use nanopore sequencing to uncover the cause of recurrent miscarriages, reports NBC News.

Feb 13, 2020

Nature Discusses Therapeutic Genome Editing, Presents Fitness Consequence Map of Rice, More

In Nature this week: review of scientific, technical, and ethical aspects of therapeutic genome editing; fitness consequence map for rice; and more.

Feb 12, 2020

Odd Little Virus

Researchers in Brazil have uncovered a virus that infects amoebas that is unlike any known virus, Live Science reports.

Feb 12, 2020

To Get a Vaccine Faster

NPR reports on how new genetic tools may speed 2019-nCoV vaccine development.

Feb 12, 2020

Proposed California DTC Genetic Testing Bill

TechCrunch reports that a California state senator is introducing a bill to increase the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies.

Feb 12, 2020

Genome Research Papers Tackle Primate Gene Regulation, C. Elegans Transcriptome, More

In Genome Research this week: analysis of gene regulation in primates, direct RNA sequencing of C. elegans, more.

Feb 11, 2020

Again with the Calls for Cuts

The Trump Administration's budget proposal for fiscal year 2021 calls for an 8 percent cut to the US National Institutes of Health budget.

Feb 11, 2020

Not This Trial

Two experimental drugs were unable to slow or prevent Alzheimer's disease among people at high genetic risk, the Associated Press reports.

Feb 11, 2020

Slower Times

CNBC discusses factors contributing to the state of direct-to-consumer genetic testing. 

Feb 11, 2020

PNAS Studies on Immune Gene Expression in Young Adults, Cytoskeletal Interactions, More

In PNAS this week: immune gene expression differences in blood of young adults, molecular contributors to cells' microtubule and actin networks, and more.

Feb 10, 2020

Long Trunk But Can't Smell the Flowers

The genome of a woolly mammoth from an isolated population exhibits a number of deleterious mutations, according to Gizmodo.

Feb 10, 2020

More Charges

According to NBC News, a former Emory professor who was fired last year for failing to disclose income from China is facing federal charges.

Feb 10, 2020

Tapering Suit

ScienceInsider reports six researchers are suing the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research for "tapering" their funding. 

Feb 10, 2020

PLOS Papers on MiRNA Target Evolution in Vertebrates, Circulating HPV in Cervical Cancer, More

In PLOS this week: signs of selection on microRNA targets, HPV sequences as markers of cervical cancer, and more.

Feb 07, 2020

Stanley Cohen Dies

Stanley Cohen who shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of growth factors has died, according to the Tennessean.

Feb 07, 2020

No Side Effects in Small Trial

New Scientist reports that cancer patients treated with immune cells that underwent CRISPR-based gene editing exhibited no serious side effects.

Feb 07, 2020

Wuhan Doctor Who Warned of Illness Dies

Li Wenliang, a Wuhan doctor who tried to warn others about a mysterious illness, has died of the coronavirus, the Guardian reports.

Feb 07, 2020

Science Papers Describe CRISPR Alteration of T Cells for Cancer Patients, Sewage-Based Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance, More

In Science this week: phase I study of CRISPR-based engineering of T cells for cancer patients, call for sewage-based global antimicrobial resistance surveillance system, and more.

Feb 06, 2020

Ancestry Layoffs

Ancestry is laying off about 6 percent of its workforce due to a decline in customer demand.

Feb 06, 2020

Code to Handle It

In a Nature commentary, researchers call for the development of an international code of conduct for genomics.

Feb 06, 2020

Emergency Use Authorization for Coronavirus Test

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for a test for the 2019-nCoV coronavirus.

Feb 06, 2020

Nature Papers Examine Wuhan Coronavirus Genome, Potential of Single-Cell Technologies, More

In Nature this week: new study of the Wuhan coronavirus suggests bats as the source of the outbreak, bioinformatic approach to identify cancer driver genes, and more.

Feb 05, 2020

Warrant Push Back

Ancestry challenged a search warrant it received seeking police access to its DNA database, according to Buzzfeed News.

Feb 05, 2020

Ambergris From Beaches Traced to Sperm Whales

DNA analysis finds that jetsam ambergris comes from sperm whales, the New York Times reports.

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PLOS Papers on Prostate Cancer by Ancestry, Korean Liver Function Genetics, Vibrio Cholerae

In PLOS this week: transcriptomic and genomic analysis of prostate cancer by ancestry, genes linked to liver function in Korean cohort, and more.

Genomics for Viral Tracking

British Columbia is incorporating genomics into its tracking of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Business in Vancouver reports.

Even More Personalized Medicines

An analysis by the Personalized Medicine Coalition finds that about a quarter of new drugs approved in 2019 by the US Food and Drug Administration were personalized medicines.

Plan for Alzheimer's

The governor of New York has proposed a five-year plan to study the genomes of people with or who are at high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

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