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Truth or Myth: How Accurate Are Home DNA Test Kits?

Pharma Mirror

The popularity of at-home DNA testing is soaring in popularity and uses. When someone seeks information about paternity or genetic diseases without visiting a doctor’s chamber or laboratory, the best alternative is the at-home DNA test kit. The question which concerns everyone is, ‘are home DNA test kits accurate?’.

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Research on rare genetic disease sheds light on common head and neck cancer

Medical Xpress

Like the New York City subway system, the DNA in our cells needs to operate around the clock—and it's in constant need of repair.

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STAT+: Ahead of genome summit in London, questions linger about CRISPR baby scandal

STAT News

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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Asklepios partners with ReCode on gene-editing platform

Pharmaceutical Technology

The multi-year collaboration will focus on discovering precision genetic medicines by developing a new platform for complete gene insertion by delivering a single vector of gene editing and DNA cargo. Asklepios expects that the partnership can extend the gene editing reach for lung and liver disease targets.

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STAT+: England to sequence genomes of 100,000 newborns, to try to catch illness earlier

STAT News

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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Gene editing DNA deletion sizes reduced with new fusion method developed at WFIRM

Scienmag

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – May 2, 2022 — Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists working on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing technology have developed a method to increase efficiency of editing while minimizing DNA deletion sizes, a key step toward developing gene editing therapies to treat genetic diseases.

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Hopewell Therapeutics raises funds for genomic medicines development

Pharmaceutical Technology

The ttLNP platform can deliver a range of high-impact genomic payloads, including gene editing, siRNA, mRNA, DNA and gene-writing apparatus, to tissues, cells and organs. The development will be advanced through both internal pipeline programmes and external collaborations.

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