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Blood Lipidome Profiles Linked to Aging, Health Measures in Quantitative Study

A longitudinal study linked the composition and levels of blood lipids to health, aging, viral infections, and metabolic conditions such as insulin resistance.

Viome Life Sciences Raises $86.5M in Oversubscribed Series C Round

The funding will be used to further develop its portfolio of personalized health tests and to support an expansion into the retail space.

Human Microbiome Analysis Opens Wide Array of Dx Opportunities, But Science Unsettled
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Direct-to-consumer microbiome tests often go beyond what the research can support, but the large databases being generated by some companies are supporting diagnostic development.

Preprint Casts Doubt on Study Underpinning Microbiome-Based Cancer Dx Test From Micronoma
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The preprint raised concerns about the findings of a 2020 cancer microbiome study that spurred the development of a microbiome-based liquid biopsy test for cancer.

Chinese Multiomics Study Elucidates Aging Process in Women

With data on more than 100 healthy women in China, researchers put together a set of aging clocks highlighting biological processes and potential biomarkers linked to aging.

Jul 27, 2023

Inflammatory Arthritis Linked to Characteristic Gut Microbial Community Changes

Jul 20, 2023

One Codex, 4bases Ink Collaboration for Clinical Microbiome Analysis Solutions

Jun 28, 2023

Microbiome Firm Intus Bio Acquires Bioinformatics Company Pattern Genomics

Jun 15, 2023

Gut Microbiome Changes Linked to Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease

Jun 14, 2023

Endometriosis Linked to Bacterial Infection, Suggesting Treatment With Antibiotics

May 16, 2023

Study Finds Distinct, Diverse Gut Viromes in Centenarians

May 4, 2023

Metagenomic Sequencing Study Implicates Gut Microbes in Preterm Infant Bloodstream Infections

Apr 18, 2023

Anorexia Nervosa Linked to Altered Gut Microbes, Blood Metabolites

Apr 17, 2023

Powered by MGI Tech, 'Million Microbiomes' Project Back on Track After COVID Slowdown

Apr 6, 2023

Centenarians' Long Life Linked to Specific Gut Microbiome Signatures

Mar 30, 2023

Gastric Cancer Risk Variants, Pathogen Interactions Found in Retrospective Study

Mar 22, 2023

Beethoven's Genome Offers Clues to Composer's Liver Disease, Family History

Mar 20, 2023

Blood-Based Omics Signatures Reflect 'Biological' BMI, Metabolic Health

Mar 9, 2023

Infant Microbiome Development Traced to Multiple Maternal Transmission Sources

Feb 9, 2023

Studies Tie Gut Microbiome, Metabolites to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Jan 12, 2023

Microbiome Research Firm Biohm Raises $7.5M in Private Round

Dec 22, 2022

Study Traces Maternal Impacts on Developing Infant Gut Microbe, Metabolite Features

Dec 13, 2022

MicroGenDx, Evvy Partner for Metagenomic Sequencing-Based Vaginal Microbiome Test

Dec 6, 2022

Gut Microbiome Characteristics Tied to Depressive Symptoms in New Studies

Nov 22, 2022

Ancient Human Dietary Changes Detected Using Plaque Microbe Analyses

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Positive Framing of Genetic Studies Can Spark Mistrust Among Underrepresented Groups

Researchers in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances report that how researchers describe genomic studies may alienate potential participants.

Small Study of Gene Editing to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

In a Novartis-sponsored study in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that a CRISPR-Cas9-based treatment targeting promoters of genes encoding fetal hemoglobin could reduce disease symptoms.

Gut Microbiome Changes Appear in Infants Before They Develop Eczema, Study Finds

Researchers report in mSystems that infants experienced an enrichment in Clostridium sensu stricto 1 and Finegoldia and a depletion of Bacteroides before developing eczema.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment Specificity Enhanced With Stem Cell Editing

A study in Nature suggests epitope editing in donor stem cells prior to bone marrow transplants can stave off toxicity when targeting acute myeloid leukemia with immunotherapy.