Microarrays & Multiplexing

News on microarrays, multiplexing, genotyping, cytogenetics, gene expression profiling in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.

The SwiftArrayStudio will automate several sample preparation steps, leading to results in as little as 30 hours for a suite of arrays with new multiomic content.

Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative Uncovers Variant-Trait Associations, Polygenic Risk Scores

Researchers assembled a cohort of around half a million individuals from Taiwan, using medical record and genotyping data to find complex trait and disease associations.

Autism Study Finds Genetic, Developmental Differences Related to Diagnostic Age

Researchers identified distinct genetic contributors and developmental patterns in autism spectrum disorder cases depending on whether diagnoses occurred early or later in childhood.

Local Ancestry-Informed GWAS of African Americans Ties Warfarin Dose to CYP Enzyme Splicing Variant

Researchers identified new and known variants linked to warfarin response and dosing in African-American individuals, including an associated variant affecting CYP2C19 spicing.

Ignite Proteomics, Inova Health Collaborate to Analyze Late-Stage Gastrointestinal Cancers

Ignite will use its reverse phase protein array technology to analyze up to 600 tumor samples to assess therapy response and resistance.