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Tool Detects Pediatric Bone Tumors From Liquid Biopsies Based on Epigenetic Profiles

Epigenetic signatures of Ewing sarcoma affect cell-free DNA fragmentation patterns and can be used to detect cancer.

Bioinformatics Method Could Improve Detection of Off-Target CRISPR Activity
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Israeli researchers have developed CRISPector, which separates signal from noise better than earlier quality-control tools, a new paper shows.

Macrophage Subpopulation May Predict Kidney Cancer Recurrence, Serve as Drug Target

The macrophage population, which expressed higher levels of three genes, was enriched in tumors of patients who experienced recurrence after surgery.

Transcriptomic Algorithm Shows Ability to Predict Progression-Free Survival in Cancer Patients
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WIN Consortium researchers have shown that a prototype "digital display precision predictor" may identify patents who will live longer on treatments without progression.

Korean Rare Disease Diagnostics Firm 3billion Looks to 2022 IPO, Expansion Into Drug Discovery
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Fresh off a $13 million round of venture capital, the company said it sees global potential in analyzing hereditary conditions.

Apr 8, 2021

Long-Read Genome Assemblies Have 'Blind Spots' for Structural Variant Detection
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Mar 19, 2021

Allelica Wants Polygenic Risk Scores to Become Routine in Heart Disease Care
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Mar 17, 2021

Genomics Plc Looks to Grow 'Genomic Prevention' With Polygenic Risk Scores
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Mar 2, 2021

PreludeDx DCIS Breast Cancer Test Helps Determine Radiation Therapy Benefits, Reduce Overtreatment
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Feb 9, 2021

European Project Sets Out to Harness Genomics Data, AI to Create New Predictive Tools
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Jan 13, 2021

Autism Spectrum Disorder Study Finds Contribution From De Novo Tandem Repeat Mutations

Dec 11, 2020

Cold Spring Harbor Lab Develops iPhone App for Mobile Sequencing Analysis
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Dec 3, 2020

Illumina, New York Healthcare Providers, NYGC Partner on Clinical Whole-Genome Sequencing

Oct 28, 2020

Illumina's ExpansionHunter Software Shows Clinical Promise for STR Expansions
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Oct 16, 2020

Imec Adds Variant Calling to DNA Analytics Software to Accelerate Genome Analysis
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Oct 7, 2020

Nvidia Expands Genomics Activities With Supercomputer, New Partnerships
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Oct 6, 2020

Startup Coral Genomics Wins $2M SBIR Grant From NIH

Oct 1, 2020

Algorithm Uncovers New Complex Rearrangement Classes in Cancer Genomes

Sep 9, 2020

Machine Learning Tool Enables Analysis of Complex, Polygenic Phenotypes With Epistastic Interactions
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Aug 17, 2020

Pan-Cancer Study Reveals Extrachromosomal DNA Frequency, Possible Survival Impacts

Aug 6, 2020

Algorithm Points to Complex Hominin Mixing History

Aug 4, 2020

BostonGene Partners With Dana-Farber's Weinstock Lab on T-Cell Lymphoma Biomarker Research

Jul 9, 2020

M2Gen Builds Cancer Research Database, Bets on Data Harmonization
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Jun 25, 2020

At AACR, Stanford Team Shares Single-Cell Fusion Detection Tool For Mapping Tumor Cells

Apr 21, 2020

Envisagenics to Bring RNA Splicing Software Platform to J&J Lung Cancer Initiative

Breaking News
The Scan

Missed Early Cases

A retrospective analysis of blood samples suggests early SARS-CoV-2 infections may have been missed in the US, the New York Times reports.

Limited Journal Editor Diversity

A survey finds low diversity among scientific and medical journal editors, according to The Scientist.

How Much of a Threat?

Science writes that need for a provision aimed at shoring up genomic data security within a new US bill is being questioned.

PNAS Papers on Historic Helicobacter Spread, Brain Development, C. difficile RNAs

In PNAS this week: Helicobacter genetic diversity gives insight into human migrations, gene expression patterns of brain development, and more.