DNA is damaged and broken every day, sometimes naturally and sometimes as a result of exposure to ultraviolet and other kinds of radiation and chemical toxins. But sometimes it can’t be repaired. DNA damage and poor repair capabilities have been linked to some cancers, immunological diseases and premature aging. A startup called Exogen Biotechnology is […]
New imaging techniques have produced stunning 3D models of an X chromosome that, contrary to what’s taught in biology class, isn’t actually shaped like an X — or at least not for very long. Using DNA sequencers, researchers at the Babraham Institute and the University of Cambridge in the UK and the Weizmann Institute in […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
DNA PORTRAIT from TED Blog on Vimeo. Will you one day peer through a gallery window to see a face that resembles yours and realize your hair follicle was the model? Artist Heather Dewey-Haborg collects hair shed in public spaces–maybe from the bathroom sink in a restaurant, the subway, any number of chairs–and turns them […]
In the back seat of a taxi, on the way home from oral arguments in the AMP v. Myriad Genetics Supreme Court case, Chris Mason and Jeffrey Rosenfeld decided to start a company. Mason, a faculty member at Weill Cornell Medical School and an affiliate of Yale University, had provided expert witness testimony to the […]
At one point during my trip to FutureMed earlier this year, I found myself seated next to a young man — noticeably younger than many of the entrepreneurs and doctors-in-training who were attending. Shaggy haircut, jeans, smartphone always in hand. Must be a local high schooler who had won some kind of contest to attend, […]
When a company sets out to enter a market inhabited by heavyweights like LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics, it better have something good. Good Start Genetics has applied next-generation DNA sequencing to existing knowledge and testing methods to come up with what it thinks is that something special. The company has developed a series of […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Angeline Jolie’s disclosure of her double mastectomy has drawn the mainstream media’s attention to genetic testing, a recent medical advancement with huge, albeit challenging, implications. Many experts predict that genetic testing is on its way to becoming a routine part of clinical care. Already, genomic tests have been developed for more than 2,200 diseases — […]
Damaged or weakened heart muscle that can’t pump enough blood to the rest of the body causes a host of problems that fall under the classification of heart failure. Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a gene-based method they think can restore strength to those muscles and are progressing toward the clinic The […]
About 400,000 Americans have multiple sclerosis, a chronic central nervous system disease that can cause blurred vision, poor coordination, slurred speech, numbness and paralysis, among other things. Despite the serious symptoms, diagnosis is often tricky because symptoms vary and can be hard for physicians to interpret. Gaithersburg, Maryland company DioGenix Inc. started up in 2008 […]
His most recent book is called The $1,000 Genome, but Kevin Davies says that the $100 genome isn’t out of reach in the move toward personalized medicine. The author and editor-in-chief of Bio-IT World laid out a brief history of whole genome sequencers – from the Roche 454 system that took off in the mid-2000s […]
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
With $10 million in new investments and a $4.5 million grant from National Human Genome Research Institute, a Cambridge DNA sequencing company is preparing to launch its version of a desktop DNA sequencer next year. “To carry out the process (of DNA sequencing), you need a team that understands how to do microbiology, informatics, and […]
A new report from BCC Research projects that the global market for DNA sequencing products will grow to $6.6 billion by 2016. That increase from nearly $3 billion in 2011 reflects a compounded annual growth rate of 17.5 percent. The market can be broken into three segments: the sequencing instruments and consumables, the sequencing […]
A company has developed a DNA sequencing platform that it says can accelerate the development of molecular diagnostic tests to help physicians determine the most effective drug for a particular patient. New York-based Genomic Expression, led by Gitte Pedersen, the CEO and co-founder, is targeting a customer base of Big Pharma, companies that are developing […]
LabCorp (NYSE:LH), after waiting eight months for regulators’ blessings, had a speedy wrap up of its $85 million acquisition of DNA testing company Orchid Cellmark. Laboratory testing and diagnostics firm LabCorp secured the greater than 90 percent of shares in Orchid that allowed the company to proceed with a short-form merger, meaning the deal could […]