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Genomenon Acquires Variant Database, Team From Jackson Laboratory

The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company acquired the Clinical Knowledgebase (CKB) along with 14 JAX employees and several contractors.

LG Partners With Jackson Lab to Develop AI Tools for Alzheimer's, Cancer Medicine

The collaborators will use LG's artificial intelligence technology to help predict the efficacy of Alzheimer's disease treatments and to diagnose cancer.

Actio Biosciences Raises $55M in Series A Financing

The firm will use the funds to study the genetics of rare and common diseases and develop precision drugs, starting with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2C.

Breast, Ovarian Cancer Study Finds Ties Between Types of BRCA Alterations, Treatment Response

Breast and ovarian cancers with BRCA1 promoter methylation changes showed poorer chemotherapy responses than those with genetic alterations in BRCA1 or BRCA2.

In Brief This Week: Achilles Therapeutics, Jackson Laboratory, Yale New Haven Health

News items for the week of Oct. 11, 2021.