![Centogene’s CentoMD® rare disease variant database will be integrated into Qiagen’s bioinformatics suite in a rare disease bioinformatics collaboration by the companies. [Source: alengo/Getty]](https://www.clinicalomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1291-356x220.jpeg "NIH Commits $38M to Rare Disease Research and Affiliated Data Center")
Takeda, Prometheus Enter IBD Drug-Companion Diagnostic Partnership
Prometheus Biosciences said its bioinformatics platform and advanced machine learning techniques will be used by Takeda Pharmaceutical as part of a global collaboration to...
UTC/RenRX, 3 Principals Agree to Pay $42.6M to Settle False Claims Allegations
UTC Laboratories—also known as Renaissance RX (RenRX)—and its three principals have agreed to pay a combined $42.6 million to settle federal allegations that they...
8 Companion Diagnostic Developers Making a Mark
If companion diagnostics (CDx) were people, they would be old enough to drink. The first CDx won FDA approval in 1998, when Dako Denmark...
GRAIL’s New Blood-Based Cancer Screening Test Shows High Sensitivity and Specificity
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers report the development of a new blood test that has shown the ability in a multi-center trial to screen for...
Sequencing Method that Maps Breast Cell Differentiation Provides Insight to Cancer Development
Salk Institute researchers have used of a state-of-the-art technology known as single-nucleus (sn) assay for transposase-accessible chromatin (ATAC) sequencing (snATAC-seq) to profile how specific...
Tongue Key to Early Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis?
A study of the tongue microbiome reveals some types of bacteria can distinguish people with early pancreatic cancer from healthy individuals
Celsee, IncellDx Sign Lung Cancer CTC PD-L1 Agreement
The companies will co-commercialize their respective single-cell technologies for CTCs and PD-L1 expression following positive study results
Specific Fiber Types Promote a Healthy Microbiome
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified components of dietary fiber that encourage the growth and metabolic activity of...
The Punctuated Equilibrium of Pancreatic Cancer
The new findings from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research provide important insights into how pancreatic cancer develops and spreads.
Baby’s Microbiome Varies Based on Delivery Method
Babies born through vaginal delivery have different gut bacteria than those delivered by Caesarean, a new study reports. Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute,...
