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A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic

Broad Institute

The project is a collaboration between the Broad and the African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) at Redeemer’s University outside Lagos in Nigeria, where Happi is a professor of molecular biology and genomics. Rural clinics use rapid, low-cost tests to detect a few common pathogens.

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Forty of the Nation’s Most Talented Young Scientists Named Finalists in Regeneron Science Talent Search 2021

The Pharma Data

Founded and led for 30 years by physician-scientists, our unique ability to repeatedly and consistently translate science into medicine has led to eight FDA-approved treatments and numerous product candidates in development, all of which were homegrown in our laboratories.

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The use-case for NGS

Drug Discovery World

I started my career in a molecular genetics diagnostics laboratory in the NHS and I remember NGS just starting to be evaluated for routine use for every sample that came into the lab, rather than us having to examine single mutations in single genes. However, NGS will have impact in any genetic-based diseases.

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Code breaking and the Human Genome Project

The Open Targets Blog

Although the estate was undoubtedly pretty, the Hall had seen better days and was rather dominated by a 1950s building that provided laboratories for the light engineering company that had owned the site. Bioinformatics, Volume 13, Issue 4, August 1997, Pages 333–344 9. Comput Appl Biosci 13, 523–535 (1997). Searls, D.B.

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What to expect from PEGS Europe 2023: Day 2

Drug Discovery World

The luncheon presentation will be given by Hans Gerstmans, Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery & Engineering, KU Leuven, VIB, alongside Wai Long Tam, Head of Technology Watch at VIB, Technology Watch, VIB.

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Synthetic biology tools advancing and accelerating drug discovery efforts

Drug Discovery World

Although simple in its concept, the method itself is highly involved and requires the use of hazardous, unstable chemicals, making the whole ordeal labour-intensive and cost-prohibitive for individual laboratories to synthesise DNA sequences on their own.

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