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CancerVar: A New Bioinformatics Tool Developed for Clinical Interpretation of Cancer Mutations

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CancerVar will help researchers standardize and automate clinical interpretations for 13 million somatic mutations from 1,911 cancer census genes. The gene mutations that cause sporadic cancer occur only in the tumor cells and are acquired during an individual’s life, not inherited. What is CancerVar?

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Cancer Research UK partnership aims to back 10 new startups

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Cancer Research UK has expanded an alliance with investment group Deep Science Ventures with a commitment to support the formation up to 10 new oncology startups. The post Cancer Research UK partnership aims to back 10 new startups appeared first on.

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Start-up hopes to boost production of viral vectors for ATMPs

Drug Discovery World

New South African company NewBiologix has launched with the aim of developing a proprietary and breakthrough platform for the advanced engineering of cell lines used to manufacture gene and cell therapies. NewBiologix is currently focused on recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors, the preferred delivery vehicle for gene therapies.

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About 14% of cerebral palsy cases may be tied to brain wiring genes

Scienmag

NIH-funded study points to genes that control the establishment of neural circuits during early development Credit: Courtesy of Dreamstime | ©Jarenwicklund.

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Gene biomarkers indicate liver toxicity quickly and accurately

Scienmag

A research team at University of Illinois has developed a gene biomarker identification technique that cuts the testing process down […]. . ¬- When agrochemical and pharmaceutical companies develop new products, they must test extensively for potential toxicity before obtaining regulatory approval.

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Genes that dance to the circadian rhythm

Scienmag

In 2017, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to three scientists who uncovered the molecular mechanisms that control the circadian rhythm, otherwise known as the “wake-sleep” cycle.

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Shattering expectations: novel seed dispersal gene found in green millet

Scienmag

Road trips result in the first shattering gene found in a wild population ST. King Distinguished Investigator and other researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (Danforth Center) drove up and down the highways of the continental United States, occasionally pulling […].

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