Pathogen identification — next-generation sequencing optimizes diagnostics

Novel method takes inspiration from law enforcement

17-Jun-2024 - Invasive infections such as sepsis require immediate and targeted treatment. Experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and group partners have succeeded in establishing a reconceptualized detection principle that can make a crucial contribution to ...

Survival specialists on Mount Everest

Humans are leaving behind a ‘frozen signature’ of hardy microbes

20-Mar-2023 - Almost 5 miles above sea level in the Himalayan mountains, the rocky dip between Mount Everest and its sister peak, Lhotse, lies windswept, free of snow. It is here at the South Col where hundreds of adventurers pitch their final camp each year before attempting to scale the world’s tallest peak ...

INTEGRA Biosciences acquires start-up Miroculus to accelerate genomics

20-Mar-2023 - INTEGRA Biosciences announced that it has acquired Miroculus, a biotechnology specialist focused on developing hands-off automation solutions for next generation sequencing (NGS) protocols. This will allow INTEGRA to expand its product range for library preparation, offering significant time ...

Basic research opens up new therapeutic opportunities for fighting leukaemia

Important step in the fight against difficult-to-treat leukaemias

23-Jan-2023 - A research team led by scientists from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Vetmeduni) has taken an important step towards a better understanding of certain difficult-to-treat blood cancers. The researchers have identified the SBNO2 protein as a critical mediator of certain types of ...

LGC acquires Rapid Genomics

Bolstering its position in the application of NGS for high-throughput genotyping market in AgBio

04-Apr-2022 - LGC has announced the acquisition of Rapid Genomics, a provider of mid- to high-density Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) kits and services for genotyping in the agrigenomics market. Rapid Genomics is a leading company in genotyping applications via Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). Its Flex-Seq® ...

First SARS-CoV-2 genomes in Austria openly available

07-Apr-2020 - The first 21 SARS-CoV-2 genomes in Austria have now been completed and published within the scope of the “Mutational Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2” project recently launched by CeMM in close collaboration with the Medical University of Vienna. The project aims at sequencing 1,000 viral genomes obtained ...

Digital Diagnostics Startup and BGI Group Collaborate to Offer Coronavirus Testing in Europe

03-Feb-2020 - Ares Genetics GmbH, a Curetis Group company, and the Chinese genomics company BGI Group announced that the companies will collaborate in making molecular testing for the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV available in Europe. 2019-nCoV is a new coronavirus variant that has not been previously identified ...

Networks of Gene Activity Control Organ Development

28-Jun-2019 - For the first time, researchers have decoded the genetic programmes that control the development of major organs in humans and other selected mammals – rhesus monkeys, mice, rats, rabbits, and opossums – before and after birth. Using next-generation sequencing technologies, the molecular ...

Epigenetic study provides new approaches to combination therapies for aggressive cancers

30-May-2019 - Epigenetic processes enable cells to respond to changes in their environment by regulating the activity of their genes. One of the proteins that plays a key role in gene activation is BRD4, a well-characterized "epigenetic reader" that binds to acetylated lysine residues on both histone and ...

Scailyte raises CHF 2.75M in seed funding

Investments from Swisscom Ventures & Zürcher Kantonalbank

29-Jan-2019 - Scailyte AG, a Swiss startup in the emerging and rapidly growing field of single-cell technologies, raised CHF 2.75Min seed fundingand gained Swisscom Ventures as a strategic investor. Zürcher Kantonalbank also joined the financing round, alongside the existing shareholders, thus reaffirming ...