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EUA in Hand, MicroGEM Aims to Grow Market for 30-Minute RT-PCR System
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The Charlottesville, Virginia-based company expects to add an infectious disease test menu to its system using its proprietary extraction process.

Watchmaker Genomics Raises $40M in Series A Financing

The Boulder, Colorado-based sample preparation firm said it would use the funds for its protein-engineering platform and to grow its operations.

Qiagen Looks to Convert Pandemic Sales Surge Into Long-Term Growth
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COVID-19 accelerated the growth of several product portfolios, but under CEO Thierry Bernard, the company is ready to put the pandemic behind it — mostly.

Cellular Analytics Eyes Drug Development Space with Circulating Tumor Cell Capture Platform
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Emerging from stealth mode, the Toronto-based firm will use the platform to identify circulating tumor cells and spur drug development in the lung cancer space.

Baylor Genetics, Miraca Research Institute Explore EV Purification for Cancer-Based Applications
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The group will validate Miraca's prototype extracellular vesicle isolation tool and antibody reagents using blood samples from breast and pancreatic patients.

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International Team Proposes Checklist for Returning Genomic Research Results

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics present a checklist to guide the return of genomic research results to study participants.

Study Presents New Insights Into How Cancer Cells Overcome Telomere Shortening

Researchers report in Nucleic Acids Research that ATRX-deficient cancer cells have increased activity of the alternative lengthening of telomeres pathway.

Researchers Link Telomere Length With Alzheimer's Disease

Within UK Biobank participants, longer leukocyte telomere length is associated with a reduced risk of dementia, according to a new study in PLOS One.

Nucleotide Base Detected on Near-Earth Asteroid

Among other intriguing compounds, researchers find the nucleotide uracil, a component of RNA sequences, in samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, as they report in Nature Communications.