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Why genomic healthcare data matters in the development of new therapies 

Drug Discovery World

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. In April 2003, after its launch in October 1990, the project was completed, generating the first sequence of the human genome. The origins .

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Qatar Genome Programme data improves cancer screening 

Drug Discovery World

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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Q&A: Gene therapy opportunities from long-read sequencing 

Drug Discovery World

Breakthroughs in gene therapy are only possible with an exact understanding of the genetic underpinnings of disease. To develop safe and effective gene therapies, researchers need confidence that genomic data is both complete and accurate. Could you explain the differences between short-read and long-read sequencing? .

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San Diego zoo global biobanking advances wildlife conservation and human medicine worldwide

Scienmag

In a study that has unprecedented implications to advance both medicine and biodiversity conservation, researchers have sequenced 131 new placental mammal genomes, bringing the worldwide total to more than 250 In a study that has unprecedented implications to advance both medicine and biodiversity conservation, researchers have sequenced 131 new placental (..)

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New Research Reveals How Air Pollution May Trigger Lung Cancer

XTalks

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University College London in the UK have found how air pollution can trigger the activation of cells with existing genetic mutations to form cancer. The researchers propose that particulate matter 2.5 The new research shows that air pollutants can be that ‘second hit.’

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Can genetic data be a magic bullet for drug R&D?

pharmaphorum

One of the reasons is because researchers now have far more genetic data to work with than was ever previously possible. The cost of testing per human genome in 2006 was approximately $14 million , and in less than two decades, an average consumer-purchased genetic test costs $100.

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Bayer to present latest research across its advancing oncology portfolio at AACR 2023 Annual Meeting

The Pharma Data

Bayer is progressing novel research around its prostate cancer treatment darolutamide. Both small molecule inhibitors in Immuno-Oncology are being jointly developed in a strategic research alliance with the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany.