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Clinical Scientist Jobs: The Steps to Succeed in This Role

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If you enjoy working with biological samples and are enthusiastic about healthcare, a career as a clinical scientist might be just right for you. To start applying to clinical scientist jobs today, head over to the Xtalks Job Search platform. Who is a Clinical Scientist? What is it Like to Work as a Clinical Scientist?

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Scientists at IRB Barcelona identify a potential target to treat lung cancer

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Credit: IRB Barcelona In cancer, personalised medicine takes advantage of the unique genetic changes in an individual tumour to find its vulnerabilities and fight it. Many tumours have a higher number of mutations due to a antiviral defence mechanism, the APOBEC system, which can accidentally damage DNA and cause mutations.

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Scientists can now scoop contents of individual cells from their local environment

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New method bridges in situ microscopy with single cell omics Credit: Wheeler lab Scientists can now select individual cells from a population that grows on the surface of a laboratory dish and study their molecular contents.

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Personalising whole genome sequencing doubles diagnosis of rare diseases 

Drug Discovery World

In 2018, the UK’s department of health announced an NHS Genomic Medicine Service, which allows patients with rare diseases to have their entire genetic code read in the hope of providing a much-needed diagnosis. That said, some people with rare genetic diseases remain without a molecular diagnosis after their genome is analysed. . “We

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How Will Ultima Genomics and Genome Insight Make WGS Affordable?

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WGS remains at the core of developing personalized medicine against cancer as it provides valuable information for cancer etiology and progression. Biotech company Ultima Genomics has joined forces with Genome Insight, a bioinformatics-based biomedicine company, to overcome the caveat of cost and quality in WGS.

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64 human genomes as new reference for global genetic diversity

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The Human Genome Project, as it was called, had taken more than eleven years of work and involved more than 1000 scientists from 40 countries. Publication in Science Credit: David Porubsky, University of Washington In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announced the first draft of the human genome reference sequence.

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Cancer Research UK partnership aims to back 10 new startups

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DSV’s involvement will provide pre-seed capital for the new ventures, which will be incubated within Cancer Research Horizon’s wet labs with support from scientists among its researcher network. The post Cancer Research UK partnership aims to back 10 new startups appeared first on.