The bioinformatics and sequencing firm, formerly known as WuXi NextCode, will develop a population clinicogenomic database to support Emory's research.
At the Association for Molecular Pathology annual meeting, cancer researcher William Hahn talked about efforts to map cancer fitness genes at the genome scale.
Antibacterial and psychiatric drugs could counteract gene expression patterns seen in COVID-19, according to data presented at the virtual ASHG conference.
At its annual GPU conference this week, Nvidia said it is teaming with Oxford Nanopore, GSK, AstraZeneca, and PetaGene to advance bioinformatics and drug discovery.
Genuity Science, formerly known as WuXi NextCode, will receive a combination of upfront, development milestone, and product royalty payments under the deal.
Genuity, formerly known as WuXi NextCode, will sequence, analyze, and harmonize samples from Vanderbilt's biobank to inform biomarker and drug discovery.
Based in Boston with operations in Ireland and Iceland, the reorganized company is supporting COVID-19 testing and population genomics as it sheds its China division.
The company will apply its single-cell RNA-seq analytics technology to three distinct cohorts in pursuit of new drug targets for inflammatory bowel disease.
Imperial College London researchers are shifting away from testing a COVID-19 vaccine to focus on combating newly emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, the Independent says.