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Webinar recap: Genetic essentials for clinical research professionals, Part 2

Last year, Sano CEO Dr. Patrick Short presented a webinar called “Genetics Essentials for Clinical Research professionals.” In it, he explained the fundamentals...
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Long COVID: How immunogenetics shapes immune response

The global focus around COVID-19 has shifted from acute infections to the lingering challenge posed by long COVID, a condition where signs and symptoms persist ...
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Parkinson's research: Trials, genetics, and biomarkers

Parkinson's disease affects an estimated one to two percent of the population over the age of sixty, though the true prevalence is likely higher. As the researc...
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Natural history studies in the era of AI

Natural history studies play a pivotal role in understanding how diseases develop and progress over time. These observational studies track disease trajectories...
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Digital twins in healthcare: Precision medicine at scale

Digital twins are virtual models designed to accurately reflect a physical object or system. The concept comes from engineering and has been applied to complex ...
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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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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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Can ALS be Caught Early: Unravelling the Detection of ALS

In this blog, we're exploring whether ALS can be caught early, including the tests that may be used in order to diagnose ALS, and if there are any measures that...
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Unravelling the complexities of genomics-driven drug discovery [whitepaper]

Genomics-based drug discovery offers great potential for the development of targeted therapies that can offer new and better treatment options for patients. By ...
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Sano x Benevolent AI: Combining machine learning with medical data

Over the past year, Sano and BenevolentAI have collaborated to demonstrate how an integrated, decentralized platform — combining patient recruitment, at-home ge...
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