Genetics News

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genomind awarded DoD contract to advance pharmacogenomics, embedding genetic insights into military health records to improve care and readiness....

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Automata, the lab automation company building fully integrated, AI-ready platforms for life sciences, today announced the close of a $45 million Series C funding round led by Dimension with participation from Danaher Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, Octopus Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, and others. The round also includes a strategic investment partnership with Danaher Corporation, with Murali Venkatesan Ph.D., Global Head of Danaher Ventures and Vice President of Science...

CAMBRIDGE, England & DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cycle Group Holdings Limited (“Cycle” or “Parent”) today announces that AT2B, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”) and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Cycle, has extended the expiration date of its tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of Applied Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Applied”) for (i) $0.088 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, plus (i...

LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Demeetra AgBio, a genome engineering company enabling research and biomanufacturing through advanced gene-editing technologies and engineered CHO host cells, announced the completion and full integration of its acquisition of Hera BioLabs. The transaction, completed June 1, resulted in Demeetra now holding expanded rights to the hyperactive Super piggyBac® transposase platform and technologies, establishing Demeetra as the definitive commercial source for licens...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: GenSight Biologics (Euronext: SIGHT, ISIN: FR0013183985, PEA-PME eligible), a biopharma company focused on developing and commercializing innovative gene therapies for retinal neurodegenerative diseases and central nervous system disorders, announced that its Extraordinary General Meeting held today at 3:00 p.m. approved all resolutions submitted to shareholders, with the exception of the 8th resolution relating to a reserved capital increase, which was...

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Personalis, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSNL), a leader in advanced genomics for precision oncology, announced today that its management team will be attending the BTIG 13th Annual MedTech, Digital Health, Life Science & Diagnostic Tools Conference on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at the Cliff Lodge in Snowbird, UT. About Personalis, Inc. At Personalis, we are transforming the active management of cancer through breakthrough personalized testing. We aim to drive a new par...

SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heritable Agriculture secures a $5M Gates Foundation grant to deploy AI and omics for advancing climate-resilient crops for smallholder farmers....

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inocras, a bioinformatics-led company harnessing the power of whole genome data and proprietary analytics to deliver curated insights, today announced that Accent Therapeutics will deploy Inocras’ CancerVision and MRDVision whole genome platforms in its first-in-human Phase 1/2 dose-escalation study of ATX-295, a potential best-in-class inhibitor of the KIF18A protein. Through this collaboration, Inocras’ CancerVision platform is being applied to characterize the det...

​PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The SCN2A Foundation today announced a research collaboration with Unravel Biosciences, Inc., an AI-enabled therapeutics company established to advance drugs for complex diseases. The collaboration intends to advance preclinical research for SCN2A-related disorders caused by loss-of-function mutations, a subset of SCN2A conditions driven by insufficient functional protein. SCN2A is a gene critical for normal brain signaling and one of the largest genetic causes of...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA and precision medicine, today announced the completion of enrollment in ACES-EMB, the first randomized-controlled trial evaluating whether Natera’s Prospera Heart test can replace routine invasive biopsies for rejection monitoring in heart transplant recipients. Positive results would support a fundamental shift in the standard of care for heart transplant recipients away from invasive tissue sampling...