PARIS — Stilla Technologies, the provider of pioneering digital PCR (dPCR) solutions for high-precision genetic analysis, today announced three key hires: Khaled Bahi joins as CFO, with Jerome Leclercq named Senior Vice President for Commercial Operations Europe & Asia and Quang Tran named Quality & Regulatory Affairs Director. These hires come at a time of […]

SAN DIEGO, CA  — GEDmatch, a pioneer in consumer genealogy, today announced that it has joined with forensic genomics firm Verogen, Inc. in a move that allows the company to ensure ongoing privacy protections and enhance the customer experience for users of its website. “I am confident that we have found an ideal partner for […]

CytoSure NGS – Combining the benefits of microarrays and NGS in a single assay  Oxford, UK –  Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), A Sysmex Group Company, has developed a breakthrough targeted NGS panel for constitutional cytogenetics research. The new CytoSure™ NGS panel—launching early in 2020—will combine the strengths of microarrays and NGS to deliver a comprehensive all-in-one assay. […]

  Today, a new, large-scale population genomics project was announced by the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, UAE.  The programme aims to improve the understanding of the genomics of individuals in the region as part of a personalised medicine initiative. The project is also exploring ways to deliver participants their own genomes as part […]

New Funding Brings Total Amount Raised by the Company to $259.5 Million Inscripta, Inc., today announced the company has raised $125 million in a Series D financing with support from the company’s existing investors and new investors JS Capital Management LLC and Oak HC/FT. Paladin Capital Group led the round, bringing the total amount raised […]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. and SAN DIEGO — GenScript, the world’s leading gene synthesis provider, announced today at the Antibody & Engineering Therapeutics meeting in San Diego the launch of its Precision Mutant Library Services for the drug development, industrial chemical and synthetic biology markets. The service overcomes the challenges of traditional library construction methods, saving researchers valuable screening time, expediting drug discovery and […]

Individual sgRNA and library collections expand Edit-R™ gene editing platform Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon”, “the Company” or “the Group”), a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation technologies, today announced the addition of predesigned synthetic single guide RNA (sgRNA) to its product range. The sgRNAs, available individually or […]

CARLSBAD, Calif.  — Clinical researchers who take a traditional sequential approach to analyze myeloid malignancies, a highly heterogeneous group of disorders, face a major hurdle: a laborious and time-consuming workflow. To simplify and accelerate the genomic profiling process, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that the Ion Torrent Oncomine Myeloid Research Assay* will be available in 2020 to run […]

Veracyte Acquires Exclusive License to NanoString Diagnostics Platform, Positioning Veracyte To Expand Its Genomic Testing Business Globally Strategic transaction enables Veracyte to access global markets through a world-class, distributed instrument system, with an initial focus on its pulmonology franchise Provides pathway for long-term revenue growth and margin expansion Veracyte to hold conference call and webcast […]

DNAnexus’ FedRAMP-authorized cloud-based platform exemplifies FDA strategy for enhancing the regulatory process through data, technology, and stakeholder engagement. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – DNAnexus, Inc., the leader in Enterprise Omics Technology, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded DNAnexus a five-year, $20 million contract to power the precisionFDA Collaborative Omics Environment in the […]