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To date, the consortium has released 19,000 de-identified genomic and partial clinical records collected from patients who were treated at eight international institutions including VICC.

A Hokkaido University researcher has successfully developed a method to accurately manipulate gene expression by light illumination and demonstrated its usability by creating double-headed zebrafish.

Using a novel zebrafish model and by performing intensive gene sequencing researchers have mapped the genetic changes resulting from short bowel syndrome (SBS).

Study shows 400,000 children born each year with a developmental disorder caused by a spontaneous new mutation that is not carried by either parent.

Test development will center around detecting the presence of toxic products left behind by rogue molds and bacteria on medical cannabis.

The combination of CRISPR and analysis of big datasets provides important insights into how the body reacts to a viral attack.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed food ingredients from mealworms and crickets which, due to their promising structure and flavour, have the potential to be used in the manufacture of foods such as meatballs and falafel.

Researchers are taking a systems-level approach to understand how normal cells are transformed into cancer cells at the molecular level.”

Fetal genomic sequencing has shown to increase the detection rate of genetic findings by between 10-30% in women with pregnancies suffering fetal congenital abnormalities.

The discovery could explain how cancer is able to overcome p53 – a key tumor-suppressing protein.