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Marcy Richardson from Ambry Genetics discusses the importance of a new study that assessed the functional impact of thousands of BRCA2 variants, identifying those that may increase cancer risk.

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The Basics and Applications of Cell-Free DNA 

Implement Automation and Software Solutions for NGS-based Clinical Diagnostics

Accelerating Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis for Clinical Practice

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What’s Next for Ancient DNA Studies After the Nobel?

Learn How Multi-Gene Panels are Used to Find Hereditary Cancer

Multi-Gene Panels in Hereditary Cancer: Cause for Caution?

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Genetic Mutations Can Be Benign or Cancerous—a New Method to Differentiate Between Them Could Lead to Better Treatments

Learn About Variant Annotation in Hereditary Cancer

Assigning Meaning: Genetic Variant Interpretation in Hereditary Cancer

Respected Medical Geneticist Sir Peter Harper Dies at 81

Coronavirus’s Genetics Hint at its Cryptic Spread in Communities

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Top Technical Advances of 2019

Accuracy of Genotyping Chips Called into Question

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Infographic: DNA Detection with a Chip

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Digital DNA Detection

MyHeritage Launches Health-Related Genetic Test, Ignites Debate

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Doctors Report World’s Second Case of “Semi-Identical” Twins

Genes and Blues

Opinion: Consumer DNA Testing Is Crossing into Unethical Territories

MyHeritage Account Data Compromised in “Cybersecurity Incident”

Companies to Help People Sell or Rent Out Their Health Data

Genealogy Website Helped Crack Golden State Killer Case

Estonia Offers Free Genetic Testing to Residents

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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New Neurons Continue to Form in Adult Human Brains

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Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Shift Bioscience proposes improved ranking system for virtual cell models to accelerate gene target discovery