October 19, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Fabric Genomics Partners to Improve Pediatric Care

October 19, 2017 06:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fabric Genomics has partnered with Genomics England’s 100,000 Genomes Project, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM), and The Utah Genome Project (UGP), to provide fast and accurate identification of pediatric disease-causing variants to improve the clinical care of children. Fabric Genomics’ Opal™ Clinical is the only genomic interpretation and reporting... Read more

October 19, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Informatics & Software Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Edico Genome And Fabric Genomics Develop Integrated Solution For Genomic Analysis With The Goal Of Improving Clinical Care

Industry Leaders Partner to Provide Streamlined Variant Data Analysis Solution ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today at the American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting, Edico Genome and Fabric Genomics announced their collaboration to provide an integrated solution for secondary and tertiary analysis of next-generation sequencing data. Through this partnership, users can seamlessly utilize Edico Genome’s DRAGENTM Bio-IT platform with Fabric... Read more

October 19, 2017 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Life Science Tools Product Launch

Benson Hill Biosystems Launches the First Fully Enabling Genome Editing System for Crop Improvement

System Available to Partners to Leverage Natural Plant Genetic Diversity LONDON, Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company dedicated to unlocking the natural genetic potential of plants, today announced at the Future Food-Tech Conference the commercial launch of Edit, powered by CropOS™, the first complete genome editing system made accessible to partners for the development of... Read more

October 19, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Announce the Axiom Africa Array for Medical and Population Genomics

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Announce the Axiom Africa Array for Medical and Population Genomics SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced the commercial launch of the Applied Biosystems Axiom Africa Array for medical and population genomics to accelerate and support initiatives in global health and population... Read more

October 18, 2017 Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

10x Genomics Enables High-Volume Studies by Providing More Affordable Solutions for Whole Genome and Exome Analysis

– Customer data and updated pricing will be presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) held in Orlando, FL – PLEASANTON, CA.—October 18, 2017— 10x Genomics, a company focused on enabling the mastery of biology by accelerating genomic discovery, today announced more affordable pricing for their Chromium™ Genome,... Read more

October 18, 2017 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools PR/Corporate Product Launch

10x Genomics Announces the Addition of Unbiased Gene Expression and B-cell Repertoire to the Chromium™ Single Cell V(D)J Solution

– New products for profiling adaptive immunity will be presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) held in Orlando, FL – PLEASANTON, CA.—October 18, 2017— 10x Genomics, a company focused on enabling the mastery of biology by accelerating genomic discovery, this week will launch new products for their... Read more

October 17, 2017 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools

Intermountain Healthcare Announces Precision Health Research Endeavors With 10x Genomics

– Linked-Reads will be used to advance precision health and personalized medicine – PLEASANTON, CA and SAINT GEORGE, UT –Intermountain Precision Genomics and 10x Genomics announced today, the addition of Chromium™ Genome Solution to the Translational Science Center (TSC). The center currently houses several of the latest high-throughput next-generation sequencing instruments for large-scale whole genome... Read more

October 17, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Agilent Expands SureGuide Portfolio with CRISPR-based Products to Accelerate Disease Research

New CRISPR-based Transcriptional Activation and Interference (a/i) Libraries SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 17, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the first expansion of the SureGuide pooled CRISPR libraries for functional genomics, offering pooled libraries for CRISPR activation and interference (CRISPR a/i). The announcement was made at the at the American Society for Human... Read more

October 17, 2017 Life Science Tools

Oxford Nanopore starts developer programme to trial new enrichment methods for real time nanopore sequencing

Tue 17th October 2017 Oxford Nanopore is developing target enrichment processes for the nanopore sequencing platform, based on the CRISPR/Cas9 system. When coupled with real-time nanopore DNA analysis, these techniques are designed to help users target and resolve specific biological questions more quickly and efficiently than possible with whole genome sequencing. The first participants are... Read more