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Manchester First for UK Biobank
A multi-million pound visionary medical project that will recruit 500,000 people across Britain to help find out much more about curing many life threatening and debilitating diseases gets underway in Manchester.
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Researchers use HelixTree® in Whole Genome Association Study for a Psychiatric Illness
Psychiatric researchers used HelixTree® Genetics Analysis Software to uncover evidence of a novel genetic locus that appears to increase the risk of developing schizophrenia.
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Millipore and Aruna Biomedical Announce Licensing Agreement for ENStem™ Human Embryonic Neural Stem Cells
Millipore has acquired an exclusive worldwide license to distribute the ENStem neural progenitor cells derived from NIH-registered human embryonic stem cells.
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Broad Institute Awarded $100M to Launch Psychiatric Research Center
Broad Institute receives $100M gift from Stanley Medical Research Institute to study the genomics and chemical biology of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder.
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Van Andel Institute and Spectrum Health Form Joint Venture to Create Center for Molecular Medicine
VAI and Spectrum Health announce a molecular technologies lab that will study genomics and proteomics for application in cancer, heart disease, mental illness, and other diseases.
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CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics to Develop Autism Diagnostic Test with The Centre for Applied Genomics
CombiMatrix will create an array-based test using biomarkers linked to autism that were developed by the Center for Applied Genomics.
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Clinical Data Launches Pharmacogenetic Test for Clozapine-Induced Agranulocytosis on Schedule
Clinical Data’s PGxPredict:CLOZAPINE™ test will aid physicians in determining patients’ risk for developing agranulocytosis.
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New Mexico Tech and NCGR Join to Create the New Mexico Genome Sequencing Center
The State of New Mexico has provided $600,000 in funding to establish the Center, which will be located at NCGR in Santa Fe.
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New Report Finds Little Evidence to Determine the Usefulness of Genetic Tests in the Treatment of Depression
This evidence report is the first step in the two-step process of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention pilot project.
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Stem Cell Activity Deciphered in the Aging Brain
Scientists say finding made in rodents refutes current ideas on how long crucial "progenitor" stem cells persist in the aging brain.
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