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2020 Year in Review: COVID-19, CRISPR and Immunotherapies Define the Year for the Life Sciences

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The pandemic propelled the life science and healthcare sectors onto center stage, and they rose to the occasion against the most unprecedented health challenge in recent times. While COVID-19 has undoubtedly been the biggest story in the life science industry in 2020, it was a busy and positive year in many other areas.

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Combining the Powers of Single Cell Sequencing and AI in Understanding Disease Biology and Drug Development

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The detailed complexity of these processes can be captured by creating models that combine correlates of gene and protein expression, providing insight into the molecular composition of tissues. Visium Spatial Gene Expression Solution. Feature barcoding using gel beads. Single Cell Data Analysis.

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World Glaucoma Week 2024: New Advances in Glaucoma Care

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Related: Transforming Eye Care: Innovating New Glaucoma and Dry Eye Disease Treatments — Featuring Pierre Simon, VP Marketing, Sight Sciences – Xtalks Life Science Podcast Ep. Secondly, other funded research is exploring differential gene expression regulated by DNA methylation.

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Why Women with Alzheimer’s Live Longer and Do Better Than Men with the Disease

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It helps explain why women with the disease survive longer with less severe symptoms than men during the early stages of the Alzheimer’s, despite having the same levels of toxic amyloid beta and tau proteins in their brains. The study was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. KDM6A Variant.

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Epigenetic Editing with CRISPR Might Be Easier Than We Thought

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These modifications regulate gene expression without changing the sequence or structure of DNA. Related: 2020 Year in Review: COVID-19, CRISPR and Immunotherapies Define the Year for the Life Sciences. We can do this for multiple genes at the same time without any DNA damage, and in a way that can be reversed.

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International Women’s Day 2024: A Spotlight on 5 Women’s Health Webinars with Xtalks

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The company’s ResolveOME multiomic workflow provides a comprehensive multiomic analysis of breast cancer through the use of exome hybrid capture alongside a single-cell workflow for single-cell resolution of single nucleotide variants (SNVs), copy number alterations and gene expression signatures, coupled with a targeted protein panel.

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Women in Science Who Have Paved the Way Forward in Genetics

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Franklin’s legacy as a female scientist who asserted herself as a leading researcher at a time when men dominated the playing field, will certainly continue to serve as inspiration for girls and women in science now, and well into the future. Martha Chase: For the Books. Martha Chase.

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