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European Consortium Seeks to Develop Liquid Biopsy Test for Prostate, Testicular Cancer
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The European Commission awarded a consortium of private companies and academic researchers €759,000 recently to carry out their plans.

DiamiR Wins $3.9M in NIH Funding for Neurological Disease Diagnostic Development

The two grants awarded will support DiamiR's development of microRNA diagnostics for mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and Rett syndrome.

MiR Scientific Validates Urine-Based Cancer Tests, Awaits NY State Approval
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The firm recently published a study describing three assays for prostate cancer and reporting their sensitivity and specificity in case-control cohort.

Blood-Based MicroRNA Signatures Can Distinguish Individuals With Lung Cancer

A retrospective cohort study uncovered microRNA signatures that could tell lung cancer patients apart from others, including patients with other, non-tumor lung conditions.

MiR Scientific Prepares to Launch Tests for Prostate, Bladder Cancer
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The company is seeking NY State approval for its lab, which would allow it to offer both tests as LDTs, hopefully by the end of this year or early next.

Dec 6, 2018

Cancer Early Detection Firm Ark Launches With $40M Series A Investment

Sep 19, 2018

New Technique Allows Sequencing of Short RNAs From Dried Blood Spots, Other Small Samples
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Jul 20, 2018

MiR Scientific Prepares Launch of First Clinical Cancer Test, Buoyed by New Data
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Apr 10, 2018

Quadrant Biosciences Licenses SUNY, Penn State Epigenetic Biomarkers for Neuro Diseases

Nov 14, 2017

Dana-Farber Team Developing MicroRNA Liquid Biopsy to Diagnose Ovarian Cancer
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Mar 10, 2017

Chinese Startup HeliTec Launches Large Liquid Biopsy Study

Nov 11, 2016

Circulating Maternal MicroRNAs Distinguish Infants Affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Sep 6, 2016

Prostate Cancer Grades Can Be Distinguished Using MicroRNA Signature, Study Finds

Mar 9, 2016

Startup Miroculus Shares Vision for Rapid, Inexpensive miRNA Diagnostics at Tri-Con
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Dec 31, 2015

Early Data Encouraging for Development of Blood-Based MicroRNA Test for Germ Cell Cancers
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Nov 6, 2015

HTG Updates NGS Assay Pipeline; Academic Partners Working on microRNA-Based Ovarian Cancer Subtyping

Aug 28, 2015

Moffitt Team Uses Nanostring Tech to ID MiRNA Signature for Early Pancreatic Cancer Detection
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Jul 17, 2015

With NCI Funding, Baylor Team Developing microRNA-Based Colorectal Cancer Screen
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May 6, 2015

With NCI Grant, Librede Looks to Develop Nanopore-Based microRNA Diagnostic
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Feb 27, 2014

Singapore's MiRxes Spins Out from A*Star with Novel qPCR Assay Platform for microRNA Analysis
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Feb 27, 2014

Q&A: UMich's Muneesh Tewari on miRNAs as Cancer Biomarkers, ddPCR as Detection Method
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May 10, 2012

Australian Team Finds Blood miRNA with Potential for Early Diagnosis of Malignant Mesothelioma
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Call for a Different Tack

Experts weigh the value of recent experiments testing genetically modified pig kidneys using brain-dead individuals, according to Nature News.

Wastewater Warning

The New York Times reports that wastewater surveillance in some parts of the US point to a possible surge.

Can't Get in the Program

Due to the Northern Ireland protocol dispute, the European Union is preventing UK researchers from joining the Horizon Europe research program, the Times of London reports.

Science Paper on Spatial-Controlled Genome Editing

In Science this week: approach to enable a CRISPR-Cas13a-based system to be used as a cancer therapy.