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FinnGen Study Demonstrates Value of Analyzing Isolated Populations

Investigators from the University of Helsinki and the Broad Institute led the study, which looked at the effects of 44,370 variants on more than 1,900 diseases in participants.

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.

Asa Ren, G42 Healthcare Partner to Promote Genomics, Bioinformatics in Indonesia

Signed on the sidelines of the G20 summit, the partnership aims to support Indonesia's Biomedical and Genome Science Initiative for precision medicine.

Value of Diversity in Study Populations Highlighted at ASHG
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Data from several presentations at the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting demonstrated the benefits of using diverse ancestries in human genetic studies.

Mexican Population Genetics Studies Highlighted at ASHG Meeting
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Recently compiled Mexican population genetic datasets reveal historical population structures, predict complex traits, and improve bioinformatic tools.

Oct 12, 2022

Global Biobank Meta-Analysis Initiative Brings Greater Diversity to Global GWAS

Oct 5, 2022

Korean Biobank Data Analysis Uncovers More Than a Hundred Novel Genetic Associations Through GWAS

Sep 13, 2022

Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative, Thermo Fisher to Develop PRS for Han Chinese Population
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Aug 29, 2022

Lack of Cell Line Genetic Diversity Impacts Research, Clinical Translation of Results
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Aug 25, 2022

Age Labs, BioAge to Mine Norwegian Biobank Cohort to Produce New Diagnostics, Drugs
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Aug 24, 2022

Mount Sinai Million Health Discoveries Program Represents New Ground for Partner Regeneron
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May 13, 2022

BC Platforms Partners With Finnish Biobanks for Therapeutics Research

Apr 28, 2022

Lifebit to Build 'Trusted Research Environment' for Danish National Genome Center

Mar 16, 2022

Sema4 to Study Precision Oncology Disparities in Nationwide Biobanking, Genomic Profiling Study

Jan 25, 2022

Pathogenic Variants in Disease-Causing Genes Have Low Penetrance on Average, Study Finds

Nov 23, 2021

Gencove Expands Low-Coverage Sequencing Business to Ag-Bio Market
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Nov 12, 2021

Childhood Brain Tumors in Crosshairs of New CHOP-led Sequencing Biobank Effort
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Nov 8, 2021

Genomic Results Return Study Underscores Clinical Value, Takeaways for Expanded Implementation

Sep 30, 2021

Multi-Ancestry GWAS Leads to Loci Linked to Hundreds of Human Phenotypes

Aug 31, 2021

FinnGen Project's Role in Epilepsy, Drug Adherence Studies Showcased at ESHG

Aug 30, 2021

NHGRI Awards Coriell Institute $4.6M to Manage Biobank

Aug 20, 2021

Labcorp, CCORN Ink Partnership to Address Precision Oncology Disparities

Jul 19, 2021

BioIVT Acquires Virtual Biobank Tissue Solutions

Jun 24, 2021

Indivumed Launches Bioinformatics Platform, Expands Cancer Drug Discovery Efforts
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May 7, 2021

Indivumed, Oslo University Hospital Partner on AI-Driven Colorectal Cancer Research

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Study Examines Insights Gained by Adjunct Trio RNA Sequencing in Complex Pediatric Disease Cases

Researchers in AJHG explore the diagnostic utility of adding parent-child RNA-seq to genome sequencing in 39 dozen families with medically complex, undiagnosed genetic disease.

Clinical Genomic Lab Survey Looks at Workforce Needs

Investigators use a survey approach Genetics in Medicine Open to assess technologist applications, retention, and workforce gaps at molecular genetics and clinical cytogenetics labs in the US.

Study Considers Gene Regulatory Features Available by Sequence-Based Modeling

Investigators in Genome Biology set sequence-based models against observational and perturbation assay data, demonstrating that distal enhancer models lag behind promoter predictions.

Genetic Testing Approach Explores Origins of Blastocyst Aneuploidy

Investigators in AJHG distinguish between aneuploidy events related to meiotic missegregation in haploid cells and those involving post-zygotic mitotic errors and mosaicism.