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

Lack of 'editing' in microRNAs can potentially drive brain cancers

SCIENTISTS in the UK and India have observed a "significant" lack of 'editing' in microRNAs in brain tissue of brain cancer patients.

16 Jun 2017

Developing synthetic mediums for growing organoids

Organoids are bits of tissue grown in vitro, in a near-physiological 3D setting. The particularity consists in the fact that organoids retain features of the patient they are derived from, even when cultured outside of the human body. This is very different from what traditional, conventional cell culture has been able to do over the past 50 years or so.

13 Jun 2017

Dietary practices get reflected in the genes of Europeans, study reveals

A recently published Cornell University study describes how shifts in the diets of Europeans after the introduction of farming 10,000 years ago led to genetic adaptations that favored the dietary trends of the time.

13 Jun 2017

Emerging blood test could offer effective alternative to detect cancer

Research into a blood test that may spot cancers sooner and allow more targeted treatment is to be presented by a University of Leicester researcher.

12 Jun 2017

Fasting blood sugar and insulin can help determine right diet for people with prediabetes, diabetes

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, together with colleagues from the University of Colorado, Tufts University, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición and Gelesis, Inc., presented new data demonstrating that blood sugar (glucose) and/or fasting insulin should be used to select the right diet, particularly for people with prediabetes and diabetes

12 Jun 2017

Researchers uncover molecule in newborn hearts that appears to control renewal process

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, yet the few available treatments are still mostly unsuccessful once the heart tissue has suffered damage.

9 Jun 2017

ATCC and One Codex form partnership to address microbiome research needs

ATCC, a global leader in biological materials development, management and standards, and One Codex, a leading microbial genomics and metagenomics platform, today announced the formation of a partnership to address microbiome research needs.

2 Jun 2017

Insilico Medicine launches personalized drug discovery platform to develop new treatments for ALS

Today, Insilico Medicine, Inc., a company applying the latest advances in deep learning to biomarker development, drug discovery and aging research, launched ALS.AI, a personalized drug discovery and biomarker development platform utilizing the latest advances in deep learning.

1 Jun 2017

New method combines organoid technology with bioengineering to build better brains

A few years ago, Jürgen Knoblich and his team at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA) have pioneered brain organoid technology. They developed a method for cultivating three-dimensional brain-like structures, so called cerebral organoids, in a dish.

1 Jun 2017

Researchers make significant advance in treatment of bowel cancer

New research led by Queen's University Belfast has discovered how a genomic approach to understanding bowel (colorectal) cancer could improve the prognosis and quality of life for patients.

31 May 2017

IDT and Illumina collaborate to provide improved solutions for next generation sequencing market

Integrated DNA Technologies today announced a broad partnership with Illumina, Inc. to provide improved library preparation multiplexing and target enrichment solutions for the next generation sequencing market.

31 May 2017

GW researcher receives NIH funding to explore ways for standardization of cancer genomics data

One of the biggest challenges facing cancer genomics researchers is the lack normalized data on cancer genes. Multitudes of genomics projects have been funded over the years that have resulted in data being placed on several different databases, making a wide array of data and annotations difficult to integrate and compare.

30 May 2017

Obesity causes poorer cardiovascular health in young adults

Copenhagen, Denmark: Higher than normal body mass index (BMI) is known to lead to cardiovascular ill-health in mid-to-late life, but there has been limited investigation of its effect in young, apparently healthy, adults.

27 May 2017

Study finds two genetic variants linked to bicuspid aortic valve development

Researchers are working to determine why the aortic valve doesn't form correctly in patients with the most common congenital heart defect: bicuspid aortic valve.

25 May 2017

Miami is key point for transmission of Zika virus to the US

Scientists at the Scripps Translational Science Institute (TSRI) have mapped the entry of the Zika virus into the US by analysing its DNA. Miami was found to be a hot spot for transmission of Zika.

25 May 2017

BU professor receives Research Innovation and Translation Achievement Award from ATS

Avrum Spira, MD, MSc, professor of medicine, pathology and bioinformatics at Boston University School of Medicine, is the inaugural recipient of the Research Innovation and Translation Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society.

24 May 2017

Genetic sequencing reveals how Zika virus spread in the Americas

Genetic analysis of samples collected as the Zika virus (ZIKV) spread throughout the Americas after its introduction in 2013 or 2014 has shown that the virus circulated undetected for up to a year in some regions before it came to the attention of public health authorities.

24 May 2017

Study points to new pharmacologic approach to target chemo-resistant lung cancer

Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) often respond to standard chemotherapy, only to develop drug resistance later, and with fatal consequences.

23 May 2017

Seattle Children’s opens first clinical trial to study IBD and GVHD in pediatric patients

In an effort to find new strategies to personalize treatment for pediatric patients, Seattle Children's has opened the first clinical trial applying next-generation T-cell receptor sequencing and single-cell gene expression analysis to better understand how the immune system drives both inflammatory bowel disease in pediatric autoimmunity patients and graft-versus host disease in pediatric bone marrow transplant patients.

From 10x Genomics, Inc. 23 May 2017

Researchers identify small RNA molecule that promotes deadly forms of breast cancer

Researchers from Princeton University's Department of Molecular Biology have identified a small RNA molecule that helps maintain the activity of stem cells in both healthy and cancerous breast tissue.

23 May 2017

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Further Reading

Lack of 'editing' in microRNAs can potentially drive brain cancers

Developing synthetic mediums for growing organoids

Dietary practices get reflected in the genes of Europeans, study reveals

Emerging blood test could offer effective alternative to detect cancer

Fasting blood sugar and insulin can help determine right diet for people with prediabetes, diabetes

Researchers uncover molecule in newborn hearts that appears to control renewal process

ATCC and One Codex form partnership to address microbiome research needs

Insilico Medicine launches personalized drug discovery platform to develop new treatments for ALS

New method combines organoid technology with bioengineering to build better brains

Researchers make significant advance in treatment of bowel cancer

IDT and Illumina collaborate to provide improved solutions for next generation sequencing market

GW researcher receives NIH funding to explore ways for standardization of cancer genomics data

Obesity causes poorer cardiovascular health in young adults

Study finds two genetic variants linked to bicuspid aortic valve development

Miami is key point for transmission of Zika virus to the US

BU professor receives Research Innovation and Translation Achievement Award from ATS

Genetic sequencing reveals how Zika virus spread in the Americas

Study points to new pharmacologic approach to target chemo-resistant lung cancer

Seattle Children’s opens first clinical trial to study IBD and GVHD in pediatric patients

Researchers identify small RNA molecule that promotes deadly forms of breast cancer

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