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QIAGEN announced the acquisition of Parse Biosciences for $225 million upfront plus potential milestone payments, expanding its portfolio into the rapidly growing single-cell sequencing market.

The District Court for the District of Delaware granted Parse Biosciences' Motion for Summary Judgment, invalidating Scale Biosciences' (now 10x Genomics) patent 11,634,752 for lack of written description and enablement.

UCLA and UC Davis will co-lead the PRISM Trial, a $16 million randomized controlled study evaluating artificial intelligence support for mammogram interpretation across seven academic medical centers.

Lila Biologics announced a global licensing and multi-target research collaboration with Eli Lilly focused on discovering and developing novel radioligand therapies for solid tumor imaging and treatment.

University of Washington researchers developed a new buprenorphine treatment protocol that allows patients to begin opioid-use disorder therapy without stopping fentanyl use or experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

Global rheumatoid arthritis incidence increased 13.2% from 1990 to 2021, affecting 17.9 million people worldwide by 2021, with significant regional disparities and a shift toward younger age groups.

Men experience higher mortality rates from 13 of the top 20 global health conditions, with COVID-19 and heart disease showing 45% higher illness and death rates compared to women.

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a revolutionary blood test that analyzes cell-free RNA molecules to detect cancers at various stages, including early-stage lung cancer with 73% accuracy.

New AI technology developed at University of Washington has identified hundreds of undiagnosed fatty liver disease cases by analyzing existing imaging scans, with 83% of patients with evidence of the disease lacking formal diagnosis.

Recent research shows that ozone pollution exposure during a child's first two years increases asthma risk by 31% at ages 4-6, highlighting the need for long-term ozone regulation.