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Diagnostics World News | Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA), circles of DNA outside the chromosomes but still within the nucleus of a cell, is believed to be an important but overlooked target in the treatment of amplification-driven tumors that have up to now been uniformly resistant to anti-cancer therapies. Boundless Bio is actively exploring the genes and cellular processes that underpin some crafty maneuvers of ecDNA using a precision medicine platform called Spyglass.
Jul 29, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Researchers with Singapore-based longevity startup Gero have used wearable sensor data and artificial intelligence to develop digital biomarkers of longevity, stress, and resilience. The novel GeroSense biological age acceleration model is being positioned as a practical, high-quality alternative to blood tests or genomic profiling for large-scale population health studies.
Jul 27, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | The sources of health disparities are complex, and diagnostic testing is just one waystation on what is often an exhausting trek for many patients and their families. But today’s genetic tests may not be useful across ancestral groups.
Jul 26, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | The board members of both Sema4 and CM Life Sciences voted this week to approve the special purpose acquisition company. The resulting combined company, Sema4 Holdings Corp, will commence trading of its shares of common stock and warrants on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbols "SMFR" and “SMFRW” today or Monday.
Jul 23, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Pacific Biosciences announced this morning that it has signed a definitive merger agreement under which it will acquire Omniome, a San Diego-based company developing a highly differentiated, proprietary short-read sequencing platform capable of delivering high accuracy.
Jul 20, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Systemic chronic inflammation—a universally strong signal of ill health associated with all nine hallmarks of aging and diseases that collectively represent the leading causes of disability and mortality worldwide—can now be measured by an inflammatory clock of aging (iAge) developed by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. It is the first “actionable clock” that predicts multimorbidity, frailty, immunological health, and chronic diseases of aging.
Jul 15, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Employers are testing for COVID-19 at noticeably higher levels in 2021 compared to late 2020, according to findings from a global business survey conducted by Arizona State University's College of Health Solutions and the World Economic Forum, along with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. Responses came from over 1,100 companies spanning more than 20 industry sectors and over 30 countries.
Jul 13, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | A “silver lining” of COVID-19 is that it has ushered in a new era of diagnostic innovation within test manufacturing facilities and clinical and public health laboratories, producing in 18 months what would be a decade’s worth of progress in non-pandemic times. Near-universal focus on one common problem created new ways to work together, overcome gaps in resources, and develop novel point-of-care testing methods under intense time pressures, as will be explored during the upcoming Next-Gen Dx Summit.
Jul 8, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | A team of researchers from Beijing Normal University in China has developed an artificial intelligence-based brain age prediction model to quantify deviations from a healthy brain-aging trajectory in patients with mild cognitive impairment. They hope the model will help earlier detection of cognitive impairment at an individual level.
Jul 6, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Insilico Medicine closes a Series C for AI-powered drug discovery, while other investments fuel microbiome-based diagnostics.
Jul 2, 2021