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Decoding the causal drivers of spatial cellular topology.
Shankar P, Liang H, Chitra U, Singh R. Decoding the causal drivers of spatial cellular topology. iScience. 2026;29(6):115794. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2026.115794
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NIH-funded discoveries from the Ó³»­´«Ã½ are powering nearly 20 clinical trials from companies testing new treatments for diseases like cancer and heart disease.

Ó³»­´«Ã½ developed a technology — partly supported by NIH funding —  that can detect trace amounts of cancer DNA from blood tests and help cancer patients find out their risk of disease recurrence earlier.

Using NIH funding, the Ó³»­´«Ã½â€™s Rare Genomes Project has worked with more than 1,300 families from all 50 U.S. states to diagnose rare genetic diseases.

Ó³»­´«Ã½ Clinical Labs has directly partnered with tens of thousands of cancer patients to analyze their DNA and accelerate research.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ó³»­´«Ã½ launched a large-scale diagnostic testing lab that processed over 37 million tests and saved state and federal programs nearly $2 billion.

The Ó³»­´«Ã½'s Cancer Dependency Map helps cancer researchers and drug developers discover therapeutic targets for new cancer treatments.

gnomAD, a large human genetic variant reference database developed by the Ó³»­´«Ã½ with NIH funding, has contributed to over 13 million genetic disease diagnoses since its launch in 2014.

Datasets generated at the Ó³»­´«Ã½ were used to train AlphaGenome, a cutting-edge AI model from Google DeepMind that predicts how genetic variants affect gene regulation.

the FDA granted accelerated approval for a lung cancer drug that was developed with Ó³»­´«Ã½ science and is for patients who otherwise had few treatment options.

David Liu and his team used NIH funding to invent precise gene-editing technologies, including one that may vastly improve access to genetic therapies for patients with rare disease.

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Scientists with Ó³»­´«Ã½â€™s Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research have found key genetic factors for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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Ó³»­´«Ã½ Clinical Labs has sequenced nearly 900,000 whole human genomes, producing, on average, one human genome sequence every three minutes.

Ó³»­´«Ã½ Clinical Labs developed a new method for genome sequencing that costs 75 percent less than existing methods.

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Ó³»­´«Ã½ Clinical Labs has partnered with MyOme and Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama to provide free genetic tests to people in Alabama.

Ó³»­´«Ã½ Clinical Labs has partnered with Mass General Brigham and Everygene to provide no-cost genetic testing to people throughout the US with cardiomyopathy, a disorder that can cause sudden cardiac death.

Ó³»­´«Ã½ Clinical labs and Mass General Brigham used data from NIH’s All of Us program to develop a genetic test that predicts risk of eight different heart conditions. This test is now available to patients.

Thanks to NIH funding, Ó³»­´«Ã½ Clinical Labs is collaborating with scientists across the U.S. to sequence DNA from tens of thousands of children with cancer and birth defects to study common biological pathways.

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