Genetic testing revolution is giving new hope to cancer patients

Aubrey Line, from Wootton, Bedfordshire, was 16 months old when scans revealed a tumour had wrapped itself around the heart and aorta - a major artery. Read more at Daily Mail

Oncology Nutrition Market Size To Reach USD 3.92 Bn In 2030 | The Necessity Of Proper Nutrition During And After Cancer Treatment Is Driving Market Revenue Growth, Says Reports and Data

The global oncology nutrition market size is expected to reach USD 3.92 Billion in 2030 and register a revenue CAGR of 8.6% over the forecast period. Rising ... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Innovent Will Present Clinical Data of IBI110 (anti-LAG-3 monoclonal antibody) and Other Multiple Trials at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Alignment and integration of spatial transcriptomics data

PASTE aligns and integrates spatial transcriptomics data generated from adjacent tissue slices by leveraging their transcriptomic similarity and spatial coordinates, which ultimately increases the power for downstream analysis. Read more at Nature.com

A model for isoform-level differential expression analysis using RNA-seq data without pre-specifying isoform structure

Motivation Next generation sequencing (NGS) technology has been widely used in biomedical research, particularly on those genomics-related studies. One of NGS applications is the high-throughput mRNA sequencing (RNA-seq), which is usually applied to evaluate Read more at Plos.org

Nuritas Announces North American Headquarters, CEO to Relocate to US

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AI--Nuritas, a biotechnology company using AI to revolutionize the discovery of untapped, natural, bioactive peptides, today announced it will build its North American headquarters in Connecticut, near Yale University. Founder and C Read more at Business Wire

KromaTiD Launches Pinpoint FISH DNA Probes

LONGMONT, Colo., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KromaTiD a single-cell analysis company focused on the research, development, and commercialization of technology solutions for the cell and gene therapy market, announces the launch of KromaTiD Pinpoint FISH Pro Read more at PRNewswire

GRAIL and Intermountain Healthcare Expand Partnership to Offer Galleri Multi-Cancer Early Detection Blood Test to Eligible Patients in Utah

MENLO PARK, Calif. & SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #DetectCancerEarly--Intermountain Healthcare will offer Galleri, GRAIL's multi-cancer early detection blood test, as a complement to existing single cancer screenings. Read more at Business Wire

City of Hope and Imugene Announce First Patient Dosed in Phase 1 Trial to Test Cancer-Killing Oncolytic Virus Against Solid Tumors

SYDNEY & LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imugene Limited and City of Hope's first patient was dosed in a clinical trial evaluating the safety of new cancer-killing virus CF33-hNIS VAXINIA. Read more at Business Wire

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Explained

Artificial Intelligence is a once-in-a lifetime commercial and defense game changer (download a PDF of this article here) Hundreds of billions in public and private capital is being invested in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning companies. The Read more at Steveblank.com

A Permian fish reveals widespread distribution of neopterygian-like jaw suspension

The actinopterygian crown group (comprising all living ray-finned fishes) originated by the end of the Carboniferous. However, most late Paleozoic taxa are stem actinopterygians, and broadly resemble stratigraphically older taxa. The early Permian Brachydegm Read more at Elifesciences.org

Palatal morphology predicts the paleobiology of early salamanders

Ecological preferences and life history strategies have enormous impacts on the evolution and phenotypic diversity of salamanders, but the yet established reliable ecological indicators from bony skeletons hinder investigations into the paleobiology of early Read more at Elifesciences.org

Small, charged proteins in salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) secretions modulate Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) immune responses and coagulation

Scientific Reports - Small, charged proteins in salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) secretions modulate Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) immune responses and coagulation Read more at Nature.com

Robust inference of bi-directional causal relationships in presence of correlated pleiotropy with GWAS summary data

Author summary Inferring causal relationships between two traits based on observational data is one of the most important as well as challenging problems in scientific research. The potential impact of such an application on and beyond genetics/genomics is si Read more at Plos.org

Cathie Woods 2022 Portfolio: 10 Small-Cap Stock Picks

In this article, we discuss the 10 small-cap stock picks of Cathie Woods 2022 portfolio. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of Woods hedge fund... Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Microbes Help Orchestrate How the Gut Uses its Genes

The microbes that help break down food actually tell the gut how to do its job better, according to a new study in mice at Duke. The researchers said it appears that the microbes are able to influence which of the guts genes are being called into action, and Read more at ScienceBlog.com

Feature: Chinese company wins acclaim for technology transfer endeavors to drive Ethiopia's fight against COVID-19

ADDIS ABABA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- BGI Health Ethiopia, a subsidiary of China's biotech giant, the BGI Genomics Co., Ltd., has won acclaim for its technology and knowledge transfer endeavors to propel Ethiopia's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full sto Read more at The Star Online

Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. (OMIC) CEO Drew Spaventa on Q1 2022 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NASDAQ:OMIC) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call May 10, 2022 4:30 PM ETCompany ParticipantsPhilip Taylor - Investor RelationsDrew Spaventa - Founder... Read more at Seeking Alpha

Loving cuddles tragically led to baby James's death

James had a rare genetic condition called severe combined immunodeficiency. He was effectively born without an immune system, making the mildest cold potentially fatal. Read more at Daily Mail

Syros Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Provides a Corporate Update

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Syros Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SYRS), a leader in the development of medicines that control the expression of genes, today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and provided a corporate update. The Read more at Business Wire