Medical Xpress

MAY 8, 2023

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified new genetic risk factors for two types of non-Alzheimer's dementia. These findings were published in Cell Genomics and detail how researchers identified large-scale DNA changes, known as structural variants, by analyzing thousands of DNA samples.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 16, 2024

Attendees will hear how library preparation, assessed data quality, and generated important rAAV metrics such as integrity of DNA cargo, truncation events, chimeric transgenes, and levels of co-packaged impurities were performed. A live Q&A session follows the webinar presentation.

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STAT News

JULY 27, 2022

As the cost of DNA sequencing plummets, we’re fast approaching a point when decoding a human genome could cost $100 — about as much as the average American’s weekly grocery store run. Health systems are preparing to test programs that could lead to the use of whole-genome screening in millions of newborns.

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 29, 2023

A new technique to clone and reassemble DNA could simplify and lower the cost of making synthetic chromosomes, according to its creators at University of Southern California (USC) Dornsife. The thing about most synthetic genomics research is that it involves building chromosomes or genomes from scratch using chemically synthesised DNA pieces.

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STAT News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Complete Genomics, a U.S. firm affiliated with Chinese sequencing giant BGI, on Tuesday announced plans to launch a new line of sequencers it says can decode DNA in larger amounts — and at lower costs — than any instrument on the market.

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STAT News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Zhang, one of the leading scientists in the groundbreaking field of genetic editing, had reached out two days prior to discuss a new company he was working on. billion combined.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 18, 2024

Landmark genetic research could allow doctors to accurately predict whether a patient is at risk of developing common diseases, decades before any symptoms would become evident. He’s going to accelerate personalised medicine based on an individual’s genome.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In the last three years alone, there have been over 633,000 patents filed and granted in the pharmaceutical industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Genetically modified animal models. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is one of the leading patent filers in the generation of genetically modified animal models.

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STAT News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

SAN DIEGO — After a steep drop in its stock price and with mounting competition from rivals, genomics giant Illumina on Thursday launched a new line of high-powered DNA sequencers, ratcheting up the race to read genetic information accurately and cheaply. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 26, 2023

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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STAT News

DECEMBER 12, 2022

LONDON — England is launching a pilot program sequencing the genomes of up to 100,000 newborns to see if such a strategy can speed up the detection of genetic illnesses. The Newborn Genomes Programme will scan DNA for mutations that can cause some 200 conditions.

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Scienmag

APRIL 15, 2021

Team of Japanese and European scientists identify a novel genetic mitochondrial disorder by analyzing DNA samples from three distinct families Credit: Fujita Health University DNA ligase proteins, which facilitate the formation of bonds between separate strands of DNA, play critical roles in the replication and maintenance of DNA.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The first genome-wide ancient human DNA data from Sudan reveals new insights into the ancestry and social organization of people who lived more than 1,000 years ago in the Nile Valley, an important genetic and cultural crossroads.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 20, 2022

It has suspected for many years that some diseases may be linked to non-coding or ‘junk’ DNA, but the mechanism behind the pathology hasn’t been worked out. Junk DNA is a term used to describe the 97% of the genetic sequence in human cells found between the 3% coding for our 20,000 genes, once thought to be inert.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 23, 2024

Moreover, the use of marine genetic resources in industrial processes yields an estimated $6 billion annually, a number that doubles every six years as more genes in ocean microbes are found. The post World’s largest catalogue of ocean DNA could boost drug discovery appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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STAT News

MARCH 3, 2023

Next week, hundreds of scientists from around the world will convene in London for an international summit on genome editing. That technology, which enables scientists to easily excise, alter, or replace specific sections of DNA, was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

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Scienmag

JUNE 16, 2022

In 2014, Professor Anton Henssen discovered something unusual in the cells of pediatric cancer patients: small rings of DNA, which meant that part of the genetic information was no longer packaged in the chromosomes as normal.

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Scienmag

MAY 11, 2022

TORONTO – Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have found that repeated DNA sequences in the genome may contribute to an individual’s risk of developing schizophrenia.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

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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Scienmag

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Ancient DNA extracted from human bones has rewritten early Japanese history by underlining that modern day populations in Japan have a tripartite genetic origin – a finding that refines previously accepted views of a dual genomic ancestry [Friday, 17th September 2021].

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STAT News

APRIL 17, 2023

Genetic engineering has the potential to transform how we raise animals for meat and other products, making food safer, improving animal health and welfare, and shrinking animal agriculture’s environmental footprint. Pigs that are less likely to induce allergic reactions in humans. Read the rest…

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STAT News

JANUARY 11, 2023

But genomics startup Element Biosciences on Wednesday announced it can now read a whole human genome for as little as $200 — the cost of a couple trips to the grocery store. SAN FRANCISCO — Decoding the billions of chemical letters that help shape who we are once cost a fortune.

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STAT News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A new CRISPR startup — backed by some big names in venture capital — is planning to develop gene-editing treatments that can insert a genetic sequence of any length, at any location in the DNA strand, according to industry insiders and documents.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 19, 2022

Non-coding or ‘junk’ DNA could contribute to the development of certain cancers due to how it disrupts the replication of the genome, scientists have discovered. . A team from The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London reconstituted the entire process of DNA replication in a test tube in order to understand it more completely.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 12, 2023

Individuals that develop lung cancer with no smoking history are genetically distinct from those who develop the cancer with a smoking history. Exposure to environmental factors can cause gene fusion which leads to upregulation of the ROS-1 enzyme.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 12, 2022

David Del Bourgo (CEO and co-founder, Whitelab Genomics) has always been passionate about introducing disruptive, innovative technologies to markets. We founded Whitelab Genomics after realising the potential to use data, data science, and AI in a more systematic way to develop genomic therapies,” Del Bourgo says.

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STAT News

AUGUST 11, 2022

The company would begin sequencing and analyzing the DNA of 150,000 people from Mexico City, thanks to a research collaboration with the University of Oxford. As the only Mexican geneticist at Regeneron, Gonzaga saw this as a unique opportunity. The new partnership meant she would be able to resume her plans. Read the rest…

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 19, 2023

UK-based precision medicine software provider Lifebit has agreed partnerships with two population genomic initiatives in Mexico and Brazil to help diversify genomic research and reduce health inequality in Latin America. The post Partners tackle global health challenges through genomics appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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STAT News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

firm best known for its niche approach to DNA sequencing, on Tuesday announced plans to launch a new product that will put the company in direct competition with genomics juggernaut Illumina. The new DNA sequencer, dubbed Onso, reads the genome in small pieces and uses software to stitch that information together.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 18, 2023

In 2016, scientists behind a study called the Resilience Project analysed genetic data from 589,000+ people and found 13 adults who carried genetic variants that should have resulted in serious – even deadly – childhood disease, but who were apparently healthy. Giving participants something in return. Navigating the right not to know.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A new study led by Medical Research Council-funded researchers from UCL has found that tailoring the analysis of whole genome sequencing to individual patients could double the diagnostic rates of rare diseases. . Consequently, the UK has established itself at the forefront of diagnostic whole genome sequencing. Context .

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Scienmag

MAY 7, 2021

The two meters of -stretched- DNA contained in human cells are continuously twisting and untwisting to give access to genetic information: when a gene is expressed to generate a protein, the two strands of DNA are separated to give access to all the machinery necessary for this expression, resulting in an excessive accumulation of coiling […]. (..)

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Credit: CSHL Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists developed the world’s first mobile genome sequence analyzer, a new iPhone app called iGenomics. By pairing an iPhone with a handheld DNA sequencer, users can create a mobile genetics laboratory, reminiscent of the “tricorder” featured in Star Trek.

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Scienmag

APRIL 1, 2021

Salk scientists reveal new insights into neurodegenerative disorders and potential for genetic therapies Credit: Salk Institute/Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center LA JOLLA–(April 1, 2021) Neurons lack the ability to replicate their DNA, so they’re constantly working to repair damage to their genome.

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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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Scienmag

APRIL 15, 2021

Epigenetic regulator HPI1a drives de novo genome reorganization in early Drosophila embryos Credit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, F. Zenk The DNA molecule is not naked in the nucleus. This […].

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Scienmag

APRIL 12, 2022

In genomic studies, researchers examine the DNA of a population to understand the influence of genetics on health and disease. Though genomic studies have been common for more than a decade, most participants in these studies have been of European descent. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. —?In

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