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Genetic analysis can reduce adverse drug reactions by 30%

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A European collaboration involving researchers from Karolinska Institutet suggests that a genetic analysis prior to drug therapy could significantly reduce suffering and health care costs.

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Genetic analysis of ancient massacre reveals instance of indiscriminate killing

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Credit: Novak et al, 2021, PLOS ONE (CC-BY 4.0, [link] Genetic analysis provides clarity and also prompts further questions around an ancient massacre in Poto?ani,

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

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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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Novel acute myeloid leukemia subtypes identified

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In order to better treat patients diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), researchers need to understand the pathological processes and distinguish between different subgroups of the disease.

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Genetic sleuthing reveals endangered river dolphins in Asia as different species

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Tissue collection at NOAA Fisheries lab helps reveal genetic distinction Credit: Mansur/WCR Bangladesh New genetic analysis and years of painstaking research has revealed that one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals is actually two species rather than one, as scientists had long assumed.

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New genetic analysis method could advance personal genomics

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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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Thermo Fisher Scientific opens sterile drug facility in Singapore

Pharmaceutical Technology

Thermo Fisher Scientific has expanded its sterile manufacturing and research capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region with the opening of a new sterile drug facility in Singapore. The new good manufacturing practices facility was established with support from the Singapore Economic Development Board.