QIAGEN acquires Genoox

"As part of QIAGEN, we can together drive the next wave of precision medicine"

14-May-2025 - QIAGEN announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Genoox, a provider of AI-powered software that enables clinical labs to scale and accelerate the processing of complex genetic tests. The acquisition adds Franklin, Genoox’s flagship cloud-based community platform, to the QIAGEN ...

Colossal Announces World’s First De-Extinction

Successfully birthed an extinct species

10-Apr-2025 - Colossal Biosciences, the world’s only de-extinction company, announces the rebirth of the once extinct dire wolf, the world’s first successfully de-extincted animal. The dire wolf, largely assumed to be a legendary creature made famous from the HBO hit series Game of Thrones, was an American ...

Revvity Expands Alliance with Genomics England

New agreement to support newborn health

24-Mar-2025 - Revvity, Inc. announced an agreement with Genomics England to further collaborate on the Generation Study. Under the new contract, Revvity will now also provide DNA sequencing services to help screen newborns for rare genetic conditions. This expanded relationship builds upon the previously ...

SARS-CoV-2: Cell phone and genome data allow targeted tracing of infection pathways

Scientists from the Jena start-up nanozoo GmbH and Jena University Hospital present analysis

28-Jan-2025 - To track the spread of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 in a more targeted manner, anonymized mobile phone data and other metadata (such as zip codes) can be combined with genome data. A systematic evaluation of such combined data pools has now been presented by scientists from the Jena-based ...

Rapid genome analysis of a Whippet sighthound sets new standard for biodiversity research

“We are demonstrating that we can obtain and analyse complete genome information in a matter of days – not months”

24-Oct-2024 - The continuing global loss of biodiversity is making it increasingly necessary to rapidly collect and analyse genetic information on endangered species. In a joint project, the Department of Human Genetics at Bioscientia Institute for Medical Diagnostics GmbH in Ingelheim am Rhein and the LOEWE ...

Drug discovery within the patient

Genetic analysis of bacteria from humans and animals paves the way for new active ingredients

21-Oct-2024 - Microorganisms do not just colonize the body of mammals during infections. Billions of microbes can be found on and in healthy humans and animals at any given time, communicating with each other via chemical signals and thus influencing their health. In two studies, researchers from the Helmholtz ...

Scientists from 33 European countries join forces to generate reference genomes for the continent's rich biological diversity

19-Sep-2024 - The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) pilot project reports its success in uniting scientists from across Europe to produce high-quality reference genomes for 98 species. This marks a significant milestone in the quest to create a high-quality reference genome database for all European ...

How to live 400 years

Genome of the longest-lived vertebrate decoded: It is huge and has special repair capabilities

12-Sep-2024 - The Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus), an elusive dweller of the depths of the northern Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean, is the world’s longest-living vertebrate, with an estimated lifespan of about 400 years. An international team of scientists has mapped the Greenland Shark’s genome for ...

Blueprint for blueberry improvement: genetic and epigenetic discoveries

13-Aug-2024 - Recent research has uncovered significant genetic and epigenetic variations in blueberry cultivars, particularly between northern highbush (NHB) and southern highbush (SHB) blueberries. The study highlights gene introgression's role in SHB's adaptation to subtropical climates and identifies key ...

Rare genetic diseases can sometimes be recognized by the face

Large multicenter study identifies 34 new genetic diseases

23-Jul-2024 - The majority of rare diseases have a genetic cause. The underlying genetic alteration can be found more and more easily, for example by means of exome sequencing (ES), leading to a molecular genetic diagnosis. ES is an examination of all sections of our genetic material (DNA) that code for ...