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FDA approves first liquid biopsy test that uses advanced gene sequencing

Bio Pharma Dive

The test, developed by Guardant Health, combines next-generation sequencing with a cancer blood test.

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Ring 20: Could the rare disease get left behind by next-generation gene sequencing?

pharmaphorum

Ring Chromosome 20 Syndrome, or (R)20, is an ultra-rare form of epilepsy with a devastating impact – yet despite huge leaps forward in gene sequencing in recent years, diagnoses are going down instead of up. Unlike with many similar conditions, a child will develop normally until the seizures start to kick in,” said Allison.

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How COVID-19 is Still Changing the Biopharma Industry, Now and in the Future

BioSpace

The development of COVID-19 vaccines, which took only months from the initial gene sequencing to the time shots were in arms, was the biggest story of 2020 alongside the pandemic itself.

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Gene sequencing identifies rare pediatric disorders in Mexico

BioPharma Reporter

A new genetic sequencing technology from Element Biosciences has helped researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of the City of Hope, identify the likely genetic causes of disorders in six of nine children from Sonora, Mexico.

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Innovation massively expands view into workings of single cells

Scienmag

New method yields 10 times more data, reduces gene sequencing costs by one third Researchers have devised a way to multiply by more than ten-fold the accessible details of gene activity in individual cells.

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#news #biotech Research team develops software that cuts time, cost from gene sequencing

BioTech 365

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Research team develops software that cuts time, cost from gene sequencing.A

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Hopkins-led research team takes gene mutation detection in blood to the next level

Scienmag

Credit: Elizabeth Cooke Next-generation gene sequencing (NGS) technologies –in which millions of DNA molecules are simultaneously but individually analyzed– theoretically provides researchers and clinicians the ability to noninvasively identify mutations in the blood stream.