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Genetic analysis of the most common type of bladder cancer yields guidance on treatment options

Medical Xpress

A comprehensive genomic analysis in more than 200 patients with metastatic urothelial carcinomas may help inform how a patient would respond to immunotherapy, report UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers and colleagues. About 90% of urothelial carcinomas are bladder cancers.

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Genomic study reveals complex origins of people living in Tibetan-Yi corridor

Scienmag

In the most comprehensive genetic analysis of the native people there to date, researchers reveal that the ethnic groups’ peopling and migration history is more complex than previously concluded. China’s mountainous southwestern area is home to one of the country’s most ethnically diverse populations.

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Genetic Analysis co-develops HumGut – the world’s first complete database of reference genomes from the human gut microbiome

Drug Discovery Today

(Oslo, August 5, 2021) Molecular diagnostics specialist, Genetic Analysis AS (GA) today announced the first publication from the comprehensive HumGut microbiome database has appeared in the leading scientific journal Microbiome.

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New genetic analysis method could advance personal genomics

Scienmag

Computational method capable of decoding influence of rare variants Geneticists could identify the causes of disorders that currently go undiagnosed if standard practices for collecting individual genetic information were expanded to capture more variants that researchers can now decipher, concludes new Johns Hopkins University research.

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Agena Bioscience Granted EUA for High-Throughput, Low-Cost SARS-CoV-2 Panel

The Pharma Data

.” The single-reaction panel targets five regions of the viral genome and provides excellent accuracy and sensitivity. “Most real time qPCR-based assays target only two or three targets on the viral genome.” “Most real time qPCR-based assays target only two or three targets on the viral genome.”

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

XTalks

Breast Cancer Multiomics: Unified Insights in Tumor Heterogeneity This on-demand webinar introduces a cutting-edge single-cell multiomics method designed for garnering detailed genetic insights into breast cancer. Through this, researchers can pinpoint breast cancer cell types and their phenotypic states.

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AI test could predict best cancer therapies for patients

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The team has focused initially on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common form of lung cancer, but say the same principles could be applied to other tumour types, and combined with other testing approaches like genomics to inform treatment decisions.

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