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University of Melbourne reveals design of new infectious disease institute

Pharmaceutical Technology

The new AIID building will include a human infection challenge unit, high-containment facilities, a robotic biobanking facility, interview rooms, dry laboratories and spaces for community engagement and co-design work. It will be located at 766–780 Elizabeth Street and 213–223 Berkely Street in the Melbourne biomedical precinct.

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Drug discovery hotspots: Focus on Qatar

Drug Discovery World

As such, Qatar Biobank has emerged within this modernisation to act as a focal point for the country’s goal in preventive and personalised healthcare. It also fits with the country’s preventative health approach that it established in its 2017-2022 Public Health Strategy 5.

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Why early participant engagement is now a top priority in genetic disease research

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The DNA of these so-called ‘genetic superheroes’ may contain clues about how to treat severe disease. Fast forward to today and, while many large-scale genomics studies still lack the infrastructure and consent policies to enable recontact, this is starting to change. Why should research be any different?

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New Research Reveals How Air Pollution May Trigger Lung Cancer

XTalks

In fact, one in every 600,000 cells in the lungs of a 50-year-old already contains potentially cancerous mutations. They performed ultra-deep genomic profiling of normal lung tissue samples and tissues exposed to PM (both human and mouse tissues) and examined the effects of the PM on tumor promotion in mouse lung cancer models.

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Biorepositories as a Guiding Resource for Research & Drug Discovery

XTalks

The power of leveraging clinical data to decipher disease mechanisms and fuel drug discovery has rapidly grown in the era of genomics and personalized medicine. Biobanks are used for the coordination of high-yield patient sample collection. Generation of strong research dataset cohorts must begin with high-quality clinical samples.

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Collaboration between AbbVie, Biogen and Pfizer creates world’s largest browsable resource linking rare protein-coding genetic variants to human health and disease

The Pharma Data

Managed by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the browser gives access to results from analyses of whole exome sequencing data from 300,000 UK Biobank research participants. About the UK Biobank. (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE). For more than 170 years, we have worked to make a difference for all who rely on us.

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WORLD’S LARGEST BROWSABLE RESOURCE LINKING RARE PROTEIN-CODING GENETIC VARIANTS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE

The Pharma Data

Managed by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the browser gives access to results from analyses of whole exome sequencing data from 300,000 UK Biobank research participants. PFIZER DISCLOSURE NOTICE: The information contained in this release is as of July 8, 2021. (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE). Biogen Safe Harbor.