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Supercharging AI-drug discovery with strategic multiomic biobanks 

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Narain , PhD, President and CEO of BPGbio asks how a better calibre of biobanks in life sciences can lead to more drugs making it to market. Not all biobanks are created equal Biobanks provide a treasure trove of clinical data for exploration with AI tools. But the utility of biobanks varies.

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Why genomic healthcare data matters in the development of new therapies 

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Genomic healthcare data is critical to identify disease risk, ancestry, traits and response to medicines and aids in the development of new targeted therapies – precision medicines. DDW’s Megan Thomas observes developments of accessibility in this sector and the potential impact. . The origins . The current landscape .

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Manchester to get £60m development to enhance lab space

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million development in Manchester intended to enhance the city’s Oxford Road Corridor knowledge quarter as a hub for life sciences and technology innovation. The development will include specialised laboratory spaces tailored for diagnostics, genomics, biotech and precision medicine businesses. Work has started on a £60 ($75.1)

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What are the key trends in genomics and precision medicine for 2024?

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Leading experts in genomics, personalised medicine and drug discovery convened at the Precision Medicine Community Event in London to unveil the latest advancements shaping the future of healthcare. The post What are the key trends in genomics and precision medicine for 2024? appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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A new dawn of the genomic age: five areas set to be transformed in 2023

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2022 was a banner year for genomics. In March, the collaborative T2T consortium published the first complete telomere-to-telomere sequence of the human genome, filling in the last 8% of the 3 billion base pairs that make up our DNA.

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Qatar Genome Programme data improves cancer screening 

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A study by the Qatar Genome Research Consortium, led by Dr Lotfi Chouchane from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, has reported the first landscape of cancer germline mutations – hereditary mutations – in the Qatari population. . These variants increase the risk of developing breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men. .

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Drug discovery hotspots: Focus on Qatar

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Within this, Qatar is emerging as a country which is actively seeking to bolster its drug discovery and development sectors, through high levels of spending and investment into local research programmes. Qatar is a small country but faces many of the same healthcare problems that Western countries currently face.