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The genetic crystal ball: How polygenic risk scores predict disease risk and guide drug discovery

While lifestyle choices and environment can impact risk, genes are often what most affect how likely a person is to develop a disease. People commonly have diff...
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Clinical trial patient recruitment: Vendors & platforms

For most clinical programs, recruitment is the single largest source of delay. It is often more operationally complex than the trial itself, and when it underpe...
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CRISPR gene editing: Promise, risks, and regulation

CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins were first characterized as part of bacterial immune def...
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MASH genetics: Key variants driving fatty liver risk

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), previously known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), is a progressive liver disease driven by fat a...
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Pharmacogenomics testing: Safer dosing and reduced ADR risk

Pharmacogenomics, also known as pharmacogenetics, is a field of research dedicated to investigating how an individual's genetic makeup influences their response...
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Webinar recap: The evolving landscape of liver disease

This webinar, hosted by Sano CEO Dr. Patrick Short and featuring Dr. Dimitar Tonev, an expert in liver disease and hepatology, sheds light on the latest develop...
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Bolstering patient engagement to drive retention success

Keeping participants engaged in clinical research can be difficult. Here, we let the statistics tell the story:
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Phenotypic data: Why genetic data needs context in research

Genetic data is at the heart of precision medicine. Understanding the influence of genetics on health has helped us to identify risk factors for disease, predic...
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DPharm recap: Participant experience and incentives in focus

DPharm 2023 has come to a close, and as we reflect on the sessions and insights shared, two themes clearly stood out this year: The participant experience and i...
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COVID-19 and genomic sequencing: Tracking variants and lessons for future pandemics

As COVID-19 continues to affect us all, it has become evident that our fight against the virus is not just about developing vaccines and therapeutics. Equally c...
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