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Real-Time Surveillance Sequencing Shows Promise for Hospital Outbreak Detection, Prevention
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University of Pittsburgh researchers showed that real-time pathogen whole-genome sequencing can help curb healthcare-associated infections within a hospital.

European-African Initiative to Invest €22M to Support Pathogen Genomic Epidemiology Efforts
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The Global Health European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership is overseeing the endeavor, which recently closed a call for research proposals.

Biotia Raises $8M in Series A Financing

The New York-based startup said the funding will be used to expand its technical capabilities, regulatory compliance, and marketing reach. 

Ancient DNA Points to Plague, Typhoid Pathogens on Greek Island During Bronze Age Transition Period

Investigators characterized genome sequences for Yersinia pestis and Salmonella enterica isolates from Crete during a Bronze Age transition between Early and Middle Minoan periods.

Illumina Acquires IDbyDNA

The firms have had an alliance for the past two years and market a respiratory pathogen panel.

May 25, 2022

FDA Researchers Demonstrate Utility of Nanopore Sequencing for Foodborne Pathogen Detection
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May 18, 2022

Ginkgo Bioworks, First Serv to Build Pathogen Monitoring Capabilities in Qatar

May 3, 2022

BugSeq Bioinformatics Nabs BARDA Grant to Develop NGS-Based Respiratory Test

Mar 30, 2022

Genetic Signatures Wins Contract From Public Health Wales for Enteric Pathogen Testing

Feb 7, 2022

New Pathogen Detection Assay Pairs Molecular Inversion Probes, Next-Generation Sequencing
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Dec 23, 2021

Helix Gets Almost $900K From Rockefeller Foundation to Enhance Viral Genomic Surveillance

Sep 7, 2021

CSIRO Develops Software to Detect Foreign DNA Without Reference Genomes
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Aug 31, 2021

Startup BugSeq Bioinformatics Achieves High SARS-CoV-2 Detection Rate With Nanopore Sequencing
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Jun 8, 2021

Oracle Makes Inroads in Genomic Cloud Computing
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May 17, 2021

Oxford, Oracle Partner to Improve Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Oct 23, 2020

ICBiome Bets on Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis to Control MRSA, COVID-19 Outbreaks
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Sep 28, 2020

Ceres Nanosciences Nabs $243K SBIR Grant to Adapt RNA Capture Tech for Portable Sequencing

May 20, 2020

Genetron Health, Darui Strike Development Deal for Pathogen Sequencing Tests

Mar 11, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 Detected in Multiple Sample Types

Jan 27, 2020

Noscendo, University Hospital Bonn Partner on Pathogen-Detection Platform Development

Dec 10, 2019

Biotia Raises $2.4M in Seed Financing

Aug 5, 2019

GenMark Diagnostics Reports 23 Percent Revenue Increase in Q2

Apr 30, 2019

GenMark Diagnostics Q1 Revenues Grow 4 Percent

Jan 8, 2019

GenMark Diagnostics' Preliminary Q4 Revenues Up 21 Percent

Nov 28, 2018

Metagenomic Sequencing Approach Proposed for Respiratory Tract Infection Detection

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Study Links Evolution of Longevity, Social Organization in Mammals

With the help of comparative phylogenetics and transcriptomics, researchers in Nature Communications see ties between lifespan and social organization in mammals.

Tumor Microenvironment Immune Score Provides Immunotherapy Response, Prognostic Insights

Using multiple in situ analyses and RNA sequence data, researchers in eBioMedicine have developed a score associated with immunotherapy response or survival.

CRISPR-Based Method for Finding Cancer-Associated Exosomal MicroRNAs in Blood

A team from China presents in ACS Sensors a liposome-mediated membrane fusion strategy for detecting miRNAs carried in exosomes in the blood with a CRISPR-mediated reporter system.

Drug Response Variants May Be Distinct in Somatic, Germline Samples

Based on variants from across 21 drug response genes, researchers in The Pharmacogenomics Journal suspect that tumor-only DNA sequences may miss drug response clues found in the germline.