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Breaking News

Standard BioTools to Restructure, Discontinue Certain Products as Q2 Revenues Drop 39 Percent
Immuno-Genomic Features Predict Treatment Response in Esophageal Carcinoma
Small Cell Lung Cancer Detection, Classification Achieved Using Cell-Free DNA Methylation
Alercell to Distribute Amoy Diagnostic Ros1 Gene Fusion Detection Kit in US
VolitionRx Signs on Diagnostic Oncology CRO for Clinical Studies of Cancer, Sepsis Tests

The Scan

Transcriptomic, Epigenetic Study Appears to Explain Anti-Viral Effects of TB Vaccine

Researchers report in Science Advances on an interferon signature and long-term shifts in monocyte cell DNA methylation in Bacille Calmette-Guérin-vaccinated infant samples.

DNA Storage Method Taps Into Gene Editing Technology

With a dual-plasmid system informed by gene editing, researchers re-wrote DNA sequences in E. coli to store Charles Dickens prose over hundreds of generations, as they recount in Science Advances.

Researchers Model Microbiome Dynamics in Effort to Understand Chronic Human Conditions

Investigators demonstrate in PLOS Computational Biology a computational method for following microbiome dynamics in the absence of longitudinally collected samples.

New Study Highlights Role of Genetics in ADHD

Researchers report in Nature Genetics on differences in genetic architecture between ADHD affecting children versus ADHD that persists into adulthood or is diagnosed in adults.