Nike leaders donated $7 million to support OHSU’s COVID-19 response
On Mar. 18, 2020, Nike CEO John Donahoe and his wife, Eileen, along with Nike Chairman Mark Parker…
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Genomic analysis showed COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has a natural origin
On Mar. 17, 2020, scientists reported the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that emerged in the city of Wuhan, China,…
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TGen, a genomic first responder, ramped up testing against COVID-19 coronavirus
On Mar. 17, 2020, acting as Genomic First Responders, The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of…
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Large scale COVID-19 testing of general population begun in Iceland
On Mar. 15, 2020, Iceland health authorities and deCode Genetics announced they began comprehensive screening for the virus…
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Biotechnology | CRISPR | Disease | Genomics | Ophthalmogy | Therapeutics
Oregon Health Sciences doctors first to use CRISPR editing for inherited form of blindness
On Mar. 4, 2020, doctors at the Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland…
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Mutations can reveal how the coronavirus moves, but they’re easy to overinterpret
On Feb. 28, 2020, immediately after Christian Drosten published a genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus online, he…
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Innovation Pharma shipped Brilacidin to U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory for research against Coronavirus COVID-19
On Feb. 27, 2020, Innovation Pharma announced the Company had signed a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) with one…
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International collaboration generated most complete cancer genome map to date
On Feb. 5, 2020, an international team announced that it had completed the most comprehensive study of whole…
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The Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes was published in Nature
On Feb. 5, 2020, The Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes was published in Nature. The flagship paper of…
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COVID-19 | Genomics | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Vaxart announced initiation of Coronavirus vaccine program
On Jan. 31, 2020, Vaxart announced it had initiated a program to develop a coronavirus vaccine candidate based…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Genomics | Medical Device | Nanotechnology | Neurology | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics
New center to fund ‘most exciting’ biomedical discoveries
On Jan. 30, 2020, the University of Washington (UW) announced that a new center was being created with…
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deCODE reported a genome-wide association meta-analysis of 69,189 cases and 702,199 controls from Iceland and UK biobank
On Jan. 20, 2020, deCODE genetics reported a genome-wide association meta-analysis of 69,189 cases and 702,199 controls from…
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Mayo Clinic sequenced 100K participants to build genomic database for improved care and research in collaboration with Helix
On Jan. 9, 2020, Mayo Clinic announced it was creating a library of genomic sequencing data on 100,000…
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The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture was awarded a grant to study cattle genomics
On Dec. 2, 2019, the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture announced it had received a grant by…
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Dr. Claudia Kleinman, Dr. Nada Jabado, and Dr. Michael Taylor discovered that pediatric brain tumors derive from a genetic event early in cellular development
On Nov. 25, 2019, Dr. Claudia Kleinman, Dr. Nada Jabado, and Dr. Michael Taylor discovered that pediatric brain…
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Biotechnology | CDC | Diagnostics | Genomics | HIV | Therapeutics
Abbott announced discovery of a new strain of HIV
On Nov. 6, 2019, Abbott announced that a team of its scientists identified a new subtype of the…
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Helmsley Foundation awarded $13 million in grants for the Gut Cell Atlas
On Oct. 27, 2019, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced it had awarded $13…
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The NIH awarded Georgia Tech researcher $1.88 million grant to analyze ancient and modern genomes and develop new bioinformatics tools
On Oct. 3, 2019, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Georgia Institute of Technology researcher Joe Lachance…
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UPenn’s Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research received an $18.1 million grant from NIH
On Sept. 30, 2019, UPenn’s Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR) received an $18.1 million grant from the…
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deCODE in Iceland agreed to sequence half of UK Biobank participants, largest ever undertaken
On Sept. 11, 2019, deCODE genetics in Iceland announced an agreement with a consortium of government, charity, researchers…
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Siteman Cancer Center received $15 million grant to support personalized leukemia therapies
On Aug. 21, 2019, the Siteman Cancer Center announced it was awarded a $15 million grant to better…
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Eleventh U.S. CRISPR-Cas9 Patent Awarded to University of California, U Vienna, Charpentier
On Aug. 20, 2019, the eleventh U.S. CRISPR-Cas9 patent was awarded to University of California (UC), the University…
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Professor David Cortez, PhD and colleagues revealed a new DNA repair pathway
On Jul. 25, 2019, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Professor David Cortez, PhD and colleagues revealed a new DNA…
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New CRISPR Lab for Genomic Research at UCSF and UC Berkeley in collaboratation with GlaxoSmithKline
On Jun. 13, 2019, the University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley collaborated with GlaxoSmithKline…
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Groundbreaking DNA study launched to discover new connections between genetics & diseases
On Jun. 12, 2019, Intermountain Healthcare and deCODE genetics announced a major global collaboration and study focused on…
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The USDA announced a new vision for animal genomics
On May 16, 2019, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) blueprint, published in “Frontiers and Genetics,” will serve…
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Biotechnology | Cloning | CRISPR | Disease | Genomics | Medicine | Therapeutics
Moratorium on heritable genome editing published in “Nature”
On Mar. 13, 2019, Nature published a call for a global moratorium on heritable human genome editing signed by…
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deCODE published the first full resolution genetic map of the human genome
On Jan. 24, 2019, scientists at deCODE genetics in Iceland, a subsidiary of Amgen, published the first genetic…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Genomics | Oncology | Therapeutics
The UK announced sequencing 100,000 whole genomes in the National Health Service
On Dec. 5, 2018, Genomics England announced the 100,000 Genomes Project, done in partnership with National Health Service…
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The Earth BioGenome Project was founded
On Nov. 1, 2018, the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) was launched, a global effort to sequence the genetic…
