Tag: genomics
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Commercial Genome Service Launches Based on Open Data
A start-up software company is offering genetic analysis services for research and precision medicine that comply with open standards and access Google’s genomic data sets.
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Trial Shows Ovarian Cancer Drug Safety, Therapy Potential
A clinical trial shows an experimental therapy addressing a common cancer-causing mutation is safe, with early indications of its efficacy against ovarian cancer.
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Grant Funding Study of Gut Microbe Protection Drug
A biotechnology company developing drugs that protect the natural microbial balance in the gastrointestinal tract is receiving funds to learn how its drugs affect antibiotic resistance.
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Deep Sequencing Reveals 150M Rare, Unknown Variations
A company formed to solve age-related medical problems performed an in-depth sequencing of more than 10,000 human genomes, revealing 150 million new or uncommon genetic variations.
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Precision Medicine Trial Set for Pancreatic Cancer
A large-scale clinical trial is planned at 12 sites in the U.S. to test treatments for pancreatic cancer guided by the genomics of a patient’s own tumor.
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Gene Silencing Treatments Licensed for Heart Disease
Biopharmaceutical company Amgen is acquiring the rights to a technology that stops the actions of inherited genes associated with a leading type of heart disease.
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Harvard Spin-Off to Sequence, Visualize RNA in Tissue
A new spin-off enterprise from Harvard University is commercializing technology that enables sequencing and imaging of genetic transcriptions of cells in their original tissue.
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Monsanto Licensing MIT/Harvard Genome Editing
Monsanto Company is licensing genomic editing technology for agricultural applications from a joint research center at Harvard University and MIT.
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Genentech, BioNTech Partner on Personal Cancer Therapies
Biotechnology company BioNTech AG is licensing its messenger RNA technology and collaborating with biopharmaceutical company Genentech to develop personalized cancer immunotherapies.
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Small Business Grant Funds Natural Dyes Crop Research
A company making natural dyes for clothing and a plant science research center are discovering genomic processes to improve plants producing indigo, the dye giving blue jeans its color.