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Genomics is the study of the complete genetic material, including genes and their functions, of an organism.

Breakthrough nanopipette enables real-time observation of cancer cell reactions to treatment

The high-tech double-barrel nanopipette, developed by University of Leeds scientists, and applied to the global medical challenge of cancer, has - for the first time - enabled researchers to see how individual living cancer cells react to treatment and change over time – providing vital understanding that could help doctors develop more effective cancer medication.

6 Mar 2024

From China to Uzbekistan - United for Women’s Wellness on IWD

On the occasion of International Women's Day (IWD), BGI Genomics interview Wang Leilei, a trailblazing blind model, and Viktoriya Tsay, an Uzbek advocate of women’s health. Their stories stich a cross-cultural narrative of nurturing the nuance of women’s wellness worldwide.

From BGI Genomics 6 Mar 2024

MGI Enters Strategic Partnership with Prepaire Labs to Advance Drug Discovery and Precision Medicine

MGI, a company committed to building core tools and technology to lead life science, today announced its collaboration with Prepaire Labs at MEDLAB Middle East 2024 to further empower precision medicine.

From MGI 6 Mar 2024

MGI Tech and Eurofins Genomics Partner to Elevate Precision Health with Revolutionary DNBSEQ-T20×2 Sequencer and Related Technologies

MGI Tech, a company committed to building core tools and technology to lead life science, today proudly announced a milestone collaboration with Eurofins Genomics Europe Genotyping A/S (“Eurofins Genomics”), which has placed a corporate order of the revolutionary DNBSEQ-T20×2 (“T20”) ultra-high throughput sequencer, along with the genomics data center ZTRON Appliance and a range of MGI’s state-of-the-art laboratory automation products and systems.

From MGI 6 Mar 2024

Harvard's Catherine Brownstein's Multi-Omics Approach: A New Horizon for Understanding Rare Pediatric Disorders

Catherine Brownstein, MPH, PhD, an esteemed Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at Boston Children's Hospital.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 6 Mar 2024

Novel screening system reveals sperm cell development and health at the molecular level

A novel screening system developed at Kyoto University enables researchers to investigate sperm cell development and health at the molecular level.

5 Mar 2024

AI and predictive medicine: Recent advances

The potential of deep learning (DL) in enhancing predictive modeling for omics data analysis.

4 Mar 2024

Microbial signatures linked to immunotherapy response across cancers

The microbiome can identify those who benefit from combination immunotherapy across multiple different cancers, including rare gynecological cancers, biliary tract cancers and melanoma.

1 Mar 2024

Newly identified Enterococcus species shed light on antibiotic resistance spread

Antibiotic-resistant infection is projected to catch up to cancer as the leading cause of death by 2050, making understanding and limiting the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria a priority worldwide.

29 Feb 2024

Scripps Research scientists uncover plausible pathway for protocell formation

Roughly 4 billion years ago, Earth was developing conditions suitable for life. Origin-of-life scientists often wonder if the type of chemistry found on the early Earth was similar to what life requires today.

29 Feb 2024

Interdisciplinary project aims to decode human kinome in brain function and disease

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced four multi-year Exploratory Cell Networks grants for researchers exploring the frontiers of genomics, cell biology, and synthetic biology by developing new measurement technologies.

29 Feb 2024

Novel brain organoid model unveils link between inflammation and astrocyte dysfunction

The brain is typically depicted as a complex web of neurons sending and receiving messages. But neurons only make up half of the human brain.

28 Feb 2024

Using machine learning to identify key predictors of mortality in dementia patients

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and others have harnessed the power of machine learning to identify key predictors of mortality in dementia patients.

28 Feb 2024

SickKids scientists lay the groundwork for early detection of cardiomyopathy

In the first study to use whole genome sequencing to examine tandem repeat expansions in heart conditions, scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have laid the groundwork for early detection of and future precision therapies for cardiomyopathy.

27 Feb 2024

Ancient Eastern Arabians developed malaria resistance through agriculture, study finds

People living in ancient Eastern Arabia appear to have developed resistance to malaria following the appearance of agriculture in the region around five thousand years ago, a new study reveals.

27 Feb 2024

Innovative therapy targets and destroys leukemia stem cells

Scientists at City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, have devised an innovative approach to target and destroy hard-to-kill leukemia stem cells.

26 Feb 2024

Ultima announces UG 100™ and reveals disruptive cost and accuracy profile to enable the era of the $100 genome and beyond

Today, the Company is also introducing ppmSeqTM, a disruptive new mode for extreme raw read accuracy in calling single nucleotide variants (SNVs). ppmSeqTM is a new proprietary feature enabled by Ultima’s unique approach that dramatically improves the raw read accuracy of calling SNVs by removing sample errors introduced upstream of the sequencing workflow.

From Ultima Genomics, Inc. 26 Feb 2024

ACMG releases new Points to Consider statement on the clinical utility of polygenic risk scores for embryo selection

Should we be using polygenic risk score assessment for embryo selection? Providing in-depth analysis, the Social, Ethical and Legal Issues Committee of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released a new Points to Consider statement to assist healthcare professionals and patients in understanding the safety and utility of preimplantation genetic testing for polygenic disorders (PGT-P) as a clinical service.

23 Feb 2024

BGI Genomics enhances NIFTY prenatal testing kit with DNBSEQ-G99 platform for faster and accurate results

BGI Europe A/S, a wholly owned subsidiary of BGI Genomics, announced its NIFTY non-invasive prenatal testing kit and software (CE-IVDD List B) were granted an extension under its existing CE-IVDD certification to include the DNBSEQ-G99 model to meet the European Union regulations for medical devices.

22 Feb 2024

Novel treatment for polycythemia vera shows promise in clinical trial

A novel treatment for polycythemia vera, a potentially fatal blood cancer, demonstrated the ability to control overproduction of red blood cells, the hallmark of this malignancy and many of its debilitating symptoms in a multi-center clinical trial led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

21 Feb 2024

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Breakthrough nanopipette enables real-time observation of cancer cell reactions to treatment

From China to Uzbekistan - United for Women’s Wellness on IWD

MGI Enters Strategic Partnership with Prepaire Labs to Advance Drug Discovery and Precision Medicine

MGI Tech and Eurofins Genomics Partner to Elevate Precision Health with Revolutionary DNBSEQ-T20×2 Sequencer and Related Technologies

Harvard's Catherine Brownstein's Multi-Omics Approach: A New Horizon for Understanding Rare Pediatric Disorders

Novel screening system reveals sperm cell development and health at the molecular level

AI and predictive medicine: Recent advances

Microbial signatures linked to immunotherapy response across cancers

Newly identified Enterococcus species shed light on antibiotic resistance spread

Scripps Research scientists uncover plausible pathway for protocell formation

Interdisciplinary project aims to decode human kinome in brain function and disease

Novel brain organoid model unveils link between inflammation and astrocyte dysfunction

Using machine learning to identify key predictors of mortality in dementia patients

SickKids scientists lay the groundwork for early detection of cardiomyopathy

Ancient Eastern Arabians developed malaria resistance through agriculture, study finds

Innovative therapy targets and destroys leukemia stem cells

Ultima announces UG 100™ and reveals disruptive cost and accuracy profile to enable the era of the $100 genome and beyond

ACMG releases new Points to Consider statement on the clinical utility of polygenic risk scores for embryo selection

BGI Genomics enhances NIFTY prenatal testing kit with DNBSEQ-G99 platform for faster and accurate results

Novel treatment for polycythemia vera shows promise in clinical trial

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