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The recent signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) represents a significant step forward in the field of genomics. </p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar u-sm-avatar--bordered rounded-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="23Strands News"> <img class="img-fluid rounded" src="DnnImageHandler.ashx?mode=profilepic&userId=58&h=100&w=100" alt="23 Strands"> </div> <div class="media-body d-flex justify-content-end text-muted font-size-1 ml-2"> Jun 23, 2023 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5"> <article class="card shadow h-100 article-item-7"> <div class="position-relative"> <img src="/Portals/0/images/blogs/Indigenous-Healthcare-and-Genomics-202306.jpg?w=600&h=380&mode=crop&jpeg.quality=100" class="card-img-top" alt="Better Health Outcomes for All Australians – Medical Research Future Funding "> </div> <div class="card-body p-5"> <a class="badge badge-light badge-cat-10" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/press-release">Press Release</a> <h4 class="font-primary-bold mb-4"><a class="stretched-link" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/2023/06/22/better-health-outcomes-for-all-australians-medical-research-future-funding">Better Health Outcomes for All Australians – Medical Research Future Funding </a></h4> <p>Sydney-based biotech start-up, 23Strands to play an integral and leading role in researching the benefit of genomic medicine to Indigenous Australians.<br />Leading this 5 year collaboration is Professor Alex Brown from the Australian National University who focussed on establishing the National Indigenous Genomics Network of research nodes to engage with Indigenous Australians in genetic research and health care in a culturally safe way.<br /></p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar u-sm-avatar--bordered rounded-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="23Strands News"> <img class="img-fluid rounded" src="DnnImageHandler.ashx?mode=profilepic&userId=58&h=100&w=100" alt="23 Strands"> </div> <div class="media-body d-flex justify-content-end text-muted font-size-1 ml-2"> Jun 22, 2023 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5"> <article class="card shadow h-100 article-item-8"> <div class="position-relative"> <img src="/Portals/0/images/blogs/heart-illustration-lineart-human.jpg?w=600&h=380&mode=crop&jpeg.quality=100" class="card-img-top" alt="Bridging the Genomic Knowledge Gap on Peripartum Cardiomyopathy"> </div> <div class="card-body p-5"> <a class="badge badge-light badge-cat-10" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/press-release">Press Release</a> <h4 class="font-primary-bold mb-4"><a class="stretched-link" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/2023/06/20/bridging-the-genomic-knowledge-gap-on-peripartum-cardiomyopathy">Bridging the Genomic Knowledge Gap on Peripartum Cardiomyopathy</a></h4> <p>23Strands has conducted a joint research project with top research institutes to unveil the genomic differences between the rare disease peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and other forms of cardiomyopathy. These findings pave the way for identifying specific causes for PPCM. </p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar u-sm-avatar--bordered rounded-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="23Strands News"> <img class="img-fluid rounded" src="DnnImageHandler.ashx?mode=profilepic&userId=58&h=100&w=100" alt="23 Strands"> </div> <div class="media-body d-flex justify-content-end text-muted font-size-1 ml-2"> Jun 20, 2023 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5"> <article class="card shadow h-100 article-item-9"> <div class="position-relative"> <img src="/Portals/0/images/blogs/Stomach-Pain-DNA.jpg?w=600&h=380&mode=crop&jpeg.quality=100" class="card-img-top" alt="Haemochromatosis Awareness Week "> </div> <div class="card-body p-5"> <a class="badge badge-light badge-cat-8" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/cancer23-c8">Cancer23</a> <h4 class="font-primary-bold mb-4"><a class="stretched-link" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/2023/06/05/haemochromatosis-awareness-week-a141">Haemochromatosis Awareness Week </a></h4> <p>23Strands merges AI with whole genomic sequencing to create personalized treatments for genetic diseases, including haemochromatosis. They conduct thorough gene expression analyses, pinpointing potential targets for precision drug therapy and assessing chemotherapy responses. Their primary goal is addressing genetic diseases through personalized medicine.</p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar u-sm-avatar--bordered rounded-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="23Strands News"> <img class="img-fluid rounded" src="DnnImageHandler.ashx?mode=profilepic&userId=58&h=100&w=100" alt="23 Strands"> </div> <div class="media-body d-flex justify-content-end text-muted font-size-1 ml-2"> Jun 5, 2023 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5"> <article class="card shadow h-100 article-item-10"> <div class="position-relative"> <img src="/Portals/0/images/blogs/World-Hypertension-Day-2023.jpg?w=600&h=380&mode=crop&jpeg.quality=100" class="card-img-top" alt="World Hypertension Day 2023"> </div> <div class="card-body p-5"> <a class="badge badge-light badge-cat-9" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/cardio23-c9">Cardio23</a> <h4 class="font-primary-bold mb-4"><a class="stretched-link" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/2023/05/17/world-hypertension-day-2023">World Hypertension Day 2023</a></h4> <p>On this World Hypertension Day (17 May) 23Strands embraces the vision of a future in which people with genetic markers for hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases will be identified before suffering symptoms, damage, or illness, allowing for lifestyle adjustments to prevent disease.</p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar u-sm-avatar--bordered rounded-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="23Strands News"> <img class="img-fluid rounded" src="DnnImageHandler.ashx?mode=profilepic&userId=58&h=100&w=100" alt="23 Strands"> </div> <div class="media-body d-flex justify-content-end text-muted font-size-1 ml-2"> May 17, 2023 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5"> <article class="card shadow h-100 article-item-11"> <div class="position-relative"> <img src="/Portals/0/images/blogs/WHITE-SHIRT-CAMPAIGN-2023.jpg?w=600&h=380&mode=crop&jpeg.quality=100" class="card-img-top" alt="23Strands in Support of White Shirt Day in the Fight against Ovarian Cancer"> </div> <div class="card-body p-5"> <a class="badge badge-light badge-cat-8" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/cancer23-c8">Cancer23</a> <h4 class="font-primary-bold mb-4"><a class="stretched-link" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/2023/05/08/23strands-in-support-of-white-shirt-day-in-the-fight-against-ovarian-cancer">23Strands in Support of White Shirt Day in the Fight against Ovarian Cancer</a></h4> <p>23Strands is standing in solidarity in the fight against ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer remains one of the most fatal cancers affecting women. Globally, a woman or girl who is diagnosed with ovarian cancer faces a 49% chance of surviving the next five years. Despite this, research in ovarian cancer persists to be disproportionately low in comparison to other fields of oncology.</p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar u-sm-avatar--bordered rounded-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="23Strands News"> <img class="img-fluid rounded" src="DnnImageHandler.ashx?mode=profilepic&userId=58&h=100&w=100" alt="23 Strands"> </div> <div class="media-body d-flex justify-content-end text-muted font-size-1 ml-2"> May 8, 2023 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5"> <article class="card shadow h-100 article-item-12"> <div class="position-relative"> <img src="/Portals/0/images/blogs/ARC-Team-2023.jpg?w=600&h=380&mode=crop&jpeg.quality=100" class="card-img-top" alt="Arc Linkage Program Team Spotlight"> </div> <div class="card-body p-5"> <a class="badge badge-light badge-cat-10" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/press-release">Press Release</a> <h4 class="font-primary-bold mb-4"><a class="stretched-link" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/2023/04/27/arc-linkage-program-team-spotlight">Arc Linkage Program Team Spotlight</a></h4> <p>As part of a prestigious program to encourage research collaboration, 23Strands has secured funding in partnership with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). The Australian Research Council’s Linkage Program (ARC LP) aims to encourage and extend cooperative approaches to research and encourages the transfer of skills, knowledge and ideas as a basis for securing commercial and other benefits of research.</p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar u-sm-avatar--bordered rounded-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="23Strands News"> <img class="img-fluid rounded" src="DnnImageHandler.ashx?mode=profilepic&userId=58&h=100&w=100" alt="23 Strands"> </div> <div class="media-body d-flex justify-content-end text-muted font-size-1 ml-2"> Apr 27, 2023 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5"> <article class="card shadow h-100 article-item-13"> <div class="position-relative"> <img src="/Portals/0/images/blogs/human-brain-render-3d-outline.jpg?w=600&h=380&mode=crop&jpeg.quality=100" class="card-img-top" alt="Did this gene give modern human brains their edge?"> </div> <div class="card-body p-5"> <a class="badge badge-light badge-cat-15" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/research-news">Research News</a> <h4 class="font-primary-bold mb-4"><a class="stretched-link" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/2022/09/08/did-this-gene-give-modern-human-brains-their-edge">Did this gene give modern human brains their edge?</a></h4> <p>A mutation present in modern humans seems to drive greater neuron growth than does an ancient hominin version.</p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar u-sm-avatar--bordered rounded-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="23Strands News"> <img class="img-fluid rounded" src="DnnImageHandler.ashx?mode=profilepic&userId=58&h=100&w=100" alt="23 Strands"> </div> <div class="media-body d-flex justify-content-end text-muted font-size-1 ml-2"> Sep 8, 2022 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5"> <article class="card shadow h-100 article-item-14"> <div class="position-relative"> <img src="/Portals/0/images/blogs/cardio-exercise-treadmill-active-running-lifestyle.jpg?w=600&h=380&mode=crop&jpeg.quality=100" class="card-img-top" alt="Genetic background associated with physically active lifestyle"> </div> <div class="card-body p-5"> <a class="badge badge-light badge-cat-15" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/research-news">Research News</a> <h4 class="font-primary-bold mb-4"><a class="stretched-link" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/2022/09/07/genetic-background-associated-with-physically-active-lifestyle">Genetic background associated with physically active lifestyle</a></h4> <p>Researchers have identified DNA regions that are associated with physical activity or leisure screen time. The findings confirm that physical activity is beneficial for health and suggest that a more sedentary lifestyle can be explained by how muscles respond to exercise.</p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar u-sm-avatar--bordered rounded-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="23Strands News"> <img class="img-fluid rounded" src="DnnImageHandler.ashx?mode=profilepic&userId=58&h=100&w=100" alt="23 Strands"> </div> <div class="media-body d-flex justify-content-end text-muted font-size-1 ml-2"> Sep 7, 2022 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5"> <article class="card shadow h-100 article-item-15"> <div class="position-relative"> <img src="/Portals/0/images/blogs/cows-animals-field-sunset-tress.jpg?w=600&h=380&mode=crop&jpeg.quality=100" class="card-img-top" alt="Could a national livestock gene bank future-proof endangered farm animals?"> </div> <div class="card-body p-5"> <a class="badge badge-light badge-cat-15" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/research-news">Research News</a> <h4 class="font-primary-bold mb-4"><a class="stretched-link" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/2022/09/07/could-a-national-livestock-gene-bank-future-proof-endangered-farm-animals">Could a national livestock gene bank future-proof endangered farm animals?</a></h4> <p>Calls for a livestock gene bank to be created in Australia </p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar u-sm-avatar--bordered rounded-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="23Strands News"> <img class="img-fluid rounded" src="DnnImageHandler.ashx?mode=profilepic&userId=58&h=100&w=100" alt="23 Strands"> </div> <div class="media-body d-flex justify-content-end text-muted font-size-1 ml-2"> Sep 7, 2022 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5"> <article class="card shadow h-100 article-item-16"> <div class="position-relative"> <img src="/Portals/0/images/blogs/hands-comfort-closeup-support.jpg?w=600&h=380&mode=crop&jpeg.quality=100" class="card-img-top" alt="New method accurately analyses genomics data in cancer archival biopsies"> </div> <div class="card-body p-5"> <a class="badge badge-light badge-cat-8" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/cancer23-c8">Cancer23</a> <h4 class="font-primary-bold mb-4"><a class="stretched-link" href="https://www.23strands.com/news/2022/09/06/new-method-accurately-analyses-genomics-data-in-cancer-archival-biopsies">New method accurately analyses genomics data in cancer archival biopsies</a></h4> <p>A new paper from University of Helsinki, suggests a method for accurately analysing genomics data in cancer archival biopsies.</p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar 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href="https://www.23strands.com/news/2022/09/06/embryos-with-dna-from-three-people-develop-normally-in-first-safety-study">Embryos with DNA from three people develop normally in first safety study</a></h4> <p>Researchers in China show that a technique used to replace diseased mitochondria does not affect early development.</p> </div> <div class="card-footer border-0 pt-0 pb-5 px-0 mx-5"> <div class="media align-items-center"> <div class="u-sm-avatar u-sm-avatar--bordered rounded-circle" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="23Strands News"> <img class="img-fluid rounded" src="DnnImageHandler.ashx?mode=profilepic&userId=58&h=100&w=100" alt="23 Strands"> </div> <div class="media-body d-flex justify-content-end text-muted font-size-1 ml-2"> Sep 6, 2022 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-5"> <article class="card shadow h-100 article-item-18"> <div class="position-relative"> <img 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