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Benchling Releases AlphaFold beta Integration
Bio-IT World | Benchling launched its AlphaFold beta feature today, designed to overcome challenges of implementation, computing power, and resourcing to make for ease of experimentation and integration with AlphaFold on the Benchling platform.
May 19, 2022
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Patient Advocacy Groups Band Together To Further Rare Disease Research
Bio-IT World | The fast-growing Consortium for Outcome Measures and Biomarkers for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (COMBINEDBrain) represents patient advocacy organizations for individuals with rare, neurodevelopmental diseases who are disadvantaged by the small number of affected individuals and scientific brainpower to lead the way.
May 19, 2022
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Dozens Of New Genetic Risk Factors For Alzheimer’s Disease Identified
Bio-IT World | A meta-analysis of new and previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has identified 75 genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), 42 of which weren’t previously implicated. The investigation confirms the importance of two pathological brain phenomena that are currently pursued therapeutic targets and strengthens the case for having microglial cells join the hit list, according to Jean-Charles Lambert, research director at Inserm (National Institute of Health and Medical Research) based in Lille, France.
May 18, 2022
