Scienmag

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Scott Devine, PhD 64 human genomes sequenced will serve as new reference for genetic variation and predisposition to human diseases Credit: NIH Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) co-authored a study, published today in the journal Science, that details the sequencing of 64 full human genomes.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 13, 2021

To discover these associations, researchers need to compare the genomes of many individuals at millions of genetic locations or markers, and therefore require cost-effective genotyping technologies. A new statistical method, developed […].

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The drug discovery sector is feeling the love this Valentine’s week, with several new research collaborations bringing together a range of expertise and advanced bioinformatics, automation and artificial intelligence technologies to speed up the development of new treatments.

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Scienmag

APRIL 28, 2021

In collaboration with VGP, the research group has published a research paper in Nature on platypus and echidna genomes early this year (see report in the right column).

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Alphabet subsidiary and precision health company Verily recently announced a breakthrough in its AI drug discovery GPCR research collaboration with Sosei Heptares. Essentially, the collaboration brought together both “the right expertise and the right technology”, opening up myriad possibilities for targeting GPCRs within the human genome.

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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Researchers have developed a statistical model that uses genomic data to predict the risk of developing cancer of the oesophagus Credit: Spence Phillips / EMBL-EBI Oesophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer worldwide. It often develops from a condition called Barrett’s oesophagus.

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

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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pharmaphorum

MARCH 19, 2021

As data and digital technology become vital to every aspect of life sciences, the industry is increasingly looking beyond biologists, chemists, and doctors to drive its drug development – and finding that technology has a chief role to play in the future of medicine. on Big data: astronomical or genomical? ,

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

A new multi-year strategic partnership between M2GEN and Zephyr AI will leverage clinicogenomic data, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence to accelerate drug discovery and expanded use cases for oncology treatments. million lives around the world,” said Grant Verstandig, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Zephyr AI.

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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Credit: Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Bottom Line: Given the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on people’s health and lives worldwide, it is crucial to be able to accurately predict patients’ outcomes, including their chances of mortality from the disease.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 16, 2023

The company’s DNA-based platform is being developed to address manufacturing challenges associated with the production of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors used to produce advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs).

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In the world of rare genetic diseases, exome and genome sequencing are two powerful tools used to make a diagnosis. A recent addition to the toolkit, RNA sequencing, has been demonstrated to help researchers narrow down disease candidate variants identified first on exome and genome sequencing.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Kimryn Rathmell has been chosen as the 17 th director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), bringing her experience as leader of the Department of Medicine at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Physician-in-Chief at the Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and Clinics.

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Scienmag

JANUARY 13, 2021

The project was an international effort, bringing together researchers in Ukraine, […].

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 26, 2023

To enable Evotec’s precision medicine approach, we have been building technology platforms that allow PanOmics or multi-omics data generation at an industrialised scale. PanHunter’s highly flexible and interactive user interface enables researchers to easily explore, visualise, and analyse their own data with desired parameters.

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Scienmag

MARCH 22, 2021

Credit: WEHI, Australia Melbourne researchers have revealed how melanoma cells are flooded with DNA changes as this skin cancer progresses from early, treatable stages through to fatal end-stage disease.

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XTalks

JULY 19, 2021

Phosphorus, a leading preventative genomics company, has developed the first comprehensive preventative genetic test for consumers. Like other consumer genomic tests, the Phosphorus GeneCompass test also involves the collection of saliva samples that consumers send to the Phosphorus lab located in Secaucus, NJ for analysis.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 26, 2023

An industry overview of the role of the microbiome in precision medicine, and its interplay with research tools, diagnostics, and therapeutic development. Research increasingly demonstrates that within each discrete microbial environment (e.g., identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms or chromosomal rearrangements).

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XTalks

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In 2023, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies leverage cutting-edge technology and significant investments in research and development (R&D) to continue pushing the boundaries of innovation in the healthcare sector, transcending the challenges posed by the pandemic.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Ducks, rats, mice, pigs and chickens had lower or no susceptibility to infection Credit: Javier Delgado Humans, followed by ferrets and to a lesser extent cats, civets and dogs are the most susceptible animals to SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to an analysis of ten different species carried out by researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation […]. (..)

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XTalks

MAY 20, 2022

Do you possess laboratory skills, an analytical mindset and a penchant for research? A clinical scientist conducts research to help prevent illness and develops techniques to support patient diagnosis and treatment. They will often find themselves working in a healthcare or pharmaceutical field that supports human health research.

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Scienmag

MARCH 30, 2021

The new tool enhances the replicability of large genomic datasets UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A reproducibility crisis is ongoing in scientific research, where many studies may be difficult or impossible to replicate and thereby validate, especially when the study involves a very large sample size.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 14, 2023

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will honour the following cancer researchers, physician-scientists, advocates, and journalists during its annual meeting to be held April 14-19 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. June’s award lecture will be held on Sunday April 16 at 4:30pm ET.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 16, 2020

15, 2020 — The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, has identified a specific genetic target that could help explain the tremendous variation in how sick those infected with COVID-19 become. Comparative analysis of human and animal coronaviruses strains implicates miR1307 PHOENIX, Ariz.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 6, 2023

She is being recognised for her longstanding commitment as a patient advocate for American Indian Tribes across the Mountain West and beyond, and for her commitment to improving health literacy and clinical trial enrolment among American Indian populations.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 19, 2023

Evan Floden , CEO of Seqera Labs examines how data sharing platforms are impacting cancer and genomics research. Increasingly, major collaborative life sciences projects, like the Human Genome Project or Human Cell Atlas, are driving advancements and organisations – both public and private – are taking note.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 11, 2023

Now, with the growth of publicly available genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics databases, the ability to quickly carry out large-scale DNA, RNA, and protein screenings, and the availability of massive sets of de-identified patient data, the amount of high-value, analysable data has reached enormous proportions.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 21, 2021

The 2021 finalists were selected from 1,760 highly qualified entrants, all of whom completed an original research project and extensive application process. Each year, around 2,000 student entrants submit original research in critically important scientific fields of study and are judged by leading experts in their fields.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

These tumor-derived entities are used to derive genomic and proteomic data. The researchers concluded that the concentration of mutant fragments is correlated to the stage of the cancer and the type of cancer. Detection of Genomic Alterations from cfDNA: Targeted, Non-Personalized Approaches. cfDNA Isolation Techniques.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 25, 2023

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Dr Darrell Green , Lecturer in RNA Biology Biomedical Research Centre Norwich Medical School University of East Anglia, about his work using next generation sequencing (NGS) and the areas the technology is impacting within drug discovery and development. The second concept is largely in oncology.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 29, 2024

Bill Dawson, Chair, Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP): Dawson is Head of Biologics and Devices Manufacturing at GSK and has over 25 years’ experience in the vaccines, biopharma, pharmaceutical and clinical research (CRO) industries. He has a PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Cambridge.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Johannes Goll, Global Head of Emmes’ Biomedical Data Science and Bioinformatics department, explains how big data analytics can deliver improved therapies and bring clinical research one step close to realising the potential of personalised care.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 21, 2023

Atrandi Biosciences’ novel technology platform enables researchers to gain insights into the biology of single cells, offering immediate applications in single-cell sequencing, drug and antibody discovery, functional metagenomics, microbial analysis, directed evolution, and synthetic biology. It will be led by Björn C.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The presentations include: Terence Rabbitts, FRS, FMedSci, Professor, Molecular Immunology, Center for Cancer Drug Discovery, Institute of Cancer Research, on: ‘Intracellular antibodies for drug discovery against hard-to-drug targets’. Chairperson Mark Chiu, on: ‘Strategies to enhance efficacy of a tetraspecific antibody to TNBC and PDAC’.

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The Pharma Data

MARCH 20, 2021

Medicine in Oxford, Biogazelle, a biotechnology company in Ghent, and the Centre For Proteome Research at the University of Liverpool. Highlight #1 Dr. Neil Ashley, the Single-Cell Core Facility Manager at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM) in Oxford, U.K., Vandesompele is a research. presented the.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Even as methods in DNA synthesis continue to advance, scientists’ reliance on third-party companies for synthesising DNA creates a bottleneck, impeding research timelines. . “If This process can be drawn-out, expensive, and time and resource-intensive, often slowing down the momentum of a research study. .

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JANUARY 10, 2021

I actually think neuroscience is going to heat up in 2021,” said Ben Zeskind , co-founder and CEO of Immuneering , which is using bioinformatics and computational biology to develop new drugs in this space, along with oncology and immuno-oncology. In a boone for Slonim’s research focus, the year 2020 has made this molecule a household name.

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