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PacBio and Twist Bioscience Deliver Initial Portfolio of Target Enrichment Panels for HiFi Sequencing

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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MENLO PARK, Calif. and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, and Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced the availability of an initial portfolio of off-the-shelf long-read gene panels. These fixed Twist Alliance panels are designed to capture target regions in a cost-effective and high throughput manner. Customers will also have the ability to develop a fully customizable and scalable panel of their own design for sequencing with PacBio HiFi reads.

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  • These fixed Twist Alliance panels are designed to capture target regions in a cost-effective and high throughput manner.
  • "While these are long-read panels, Twist Alliance panels are developed in partnership with experts in their field to further research and can be made to be compatible with any sequencing technology."
  • PacBio and Twist collaborated with researchers at leading institutions to develop two Alliance panels.
  • Well designed, custom target enrichment panels enable increased sequencing depth on target genes while reducing overall sequencing.

New Girls' Softball Association Has Been Formed for Geneva IL

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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GENEVA, Ill., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 33 years ago, Geneva residents established a community-based organization for young boys to play baseball. This association was based on the foundation for the love of the sport, and it also provided a feeder program for boys' baseball programs in the community and high school. Now, 33 years later, history has been made again, as the new GSA supports the young women of Geneva. According to Lisa Leslie, President of the Geneva Softball Association, "We felt it was time to be able to tell our daughters they also have a place in our community and now have the opportunity for personal growth by playing in a team sport like softball."

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  • A new Geneva Softball Association (GSA) has been formed for girls starting at 9 years of age and older in Geneva, IL.
  • GENEVA, Ill., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 33 years ago, Geneva residents established a community-based organization for young boys to play baseball.
  • Now, 33 years later, history has been made again, as the new GSA supports the young women of Geneva.
  • Lisa Leslie, Business Development Director with Freeman, partnered with her co-coach of 4 years, Diane Bemer, Middle School Math Teacher, to formulate the Geneva Softball Association.

Future of Money Governance & the Law New Podcast Host

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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Jacqueline Cooper, JD, MA LDT, NBCT, Blockchain Consultant, author, coach, speaker, and CryptoMom2, has been named the new host for GBA's 'The Future of Money, Governance, & the Law' Podcast.

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  • Jacqueline Cooper, JD, MA LDT, NBCT, Blockchain Consultant, author, coach, speaker, and CryptoMom2, has been named the new host for GBA's 'The Future of Money, Governance, & the Law' Podcast.
  • Washington, DC, Oct 11, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) announces that Ms. Jacqueline Cooper has been named the new host for 'The Future of Money Governance & the Law' podcast.
  • GBA: What news or secrets are you hoping to uncover with this podcast?
  • Be sure to catch Jacqueline on GBA's 'The Future of Money, Governance, & the Law' https://gbaglobal.org/podcast expose how blockchain is disrupting the world through technology.

ClinicalSquared Partners with Solve.Care to Create Web3 Health Networks on the Blockchain

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Monday, October 10, 2022
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ClinicalSquared to act as authoring agents, enabling quicker turn-around time for the deployment of digital health networks on the Solve.Care Platform.

Key Points: 
  • ClinicalSquared to act as authoring agents, enabling quicker turn-around time for the deployment of digital health networks on the Solve.Care Platform.
  • The announcement was made at the Blockchain & Infrastructure Conference held at the National Press Club in Washington DC, and organized by the Government Blockchain Association.
  • The decentralized Care.Platform from Solve.Care allows for the quick creation and deployment of interoperable health networks.
  • The GBA is an association that connects people and organizations with blockchain technology-based solutions to problems typically faced by government entities.

Dr. HOOY Kok Wai, Chairman of the Board of China Wantian Holdings, wins the 17th World Outstanding Chinese Award, Mr. ZHONG Xueyong, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of China Wantian Holdings, is honoured with the 3rd World Outstanding Chine

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Monday, October 10, 2022
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Dr. HOOY Kok Wai, Chairman of the Board of China Wantian Holdings, was presented with the 17th World Outstanding Chinese Award.

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  • Dr. HOOY Kok Wai, Chairman of the Board of China Wantian Holdings, was presented with the 17th World Outstanding Chinese Award.
  • Mr. ZHONG Xueyong, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of China Wantian Holdings, was presented with the 3rd World Outstanding Chinese Youth Entrepreneur Award.
  • Dr. HOOY Kok Wai (left), Chairman of the Board of China Wantian Holdings, took photo after receiving Lincoln University's honorary doctorate degree.
  • Mr. ZHONG Xueyong, the Group's Chief Executive Officer, is a post-1980s generation young entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist.

Caraway Therapeutics to Present at The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Parkinson’s Disease Therapeutics Conference

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Thursday, October 6, 2022
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Fox Foundations Parkinsons Disease Therapeutics Conference, taking place October 13, 2022, in New York, New York.

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  • Fox Foundations Parkinsons Disease Therapeutics Conference, taking place October 13, 2022, in New York, New York.
  • D., Vice President of Drug Discovery will present the poster Advancing TRPML1 Agonists for GBA-PD, detailing the Companys TRPML1 program currently in preclinical development for GBA-Parkinsons disease (GBA-PD).
  • We are excited to provide updates on our ongoing efforts to develop TRPML1 activators as potential therapeutics for GBA-Parkinsons disease.
  • Caraway Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company pursuing novel approaches for the treatment of genetically defined neurodegenerative and rare diseases.

Gain Therapeutics Presents New Preclinical Data Showing Promising Pharmacological Activity in Parkinson’s Disease Patient-Derived Dopaminergic Neurons

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Monday, September 26, 2022
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BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gain Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GANX) (“Gain”, or the “Company”), a biotechnology company transforming drug discovery with its proprietary computational drug discovery platform identifying novel allosteric binding sites and creating small molecule treatments, today announced the presentation of new preclinical data evaluating one of its lead Structurally Targeted Allosteric Regulator (STAR) compounds, GT-02287, for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease.

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  • Study results were presented at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center GBA Parkinsons disease symposium by Manolo Bellotto, Ph.D., Chief Strategy Officer & General Manager for Gain Therapeutics, in a presentation entitled, Non-inhibitory Chaperones for GBA-Parkinsons Disease.
  • The study was conducted using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) derived from donor patients with GBA-associated Parkinsons disease, which were then differentiated into dopaminergic neurons.
  • We are especially excited by these latest data because they were generated in a model that replicates Parkinsons disease in patient-derived cells, commented Matthias Alder, Chief Executive Officer of Gain Therapeutics.
  • Mutations in the GBA1 gene, encoding the lysosomal enzyme GCase, represents the most common genetic risk factor for Parkinsons disease (PD).

HKTDC launches GoGBA Day for the International Business Community

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Monday, September 26, 2022
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This support event aims to engage members of the international business community in Hong Kong that are currently underserved in terms of up-to-date business information on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).

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  • This support event aims to engage members of the international business community in Hong Kong that are currently underserved in terms of up-to-date business information on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
  • Hong Kong has been designated as an international financial, shipping, trade and aviation hub, a global offshore renminbi business hub and an international centre for asset management and risk management.
  • On the ground, the HKTDC has established the HKTDC GBA Service Centre in Shenzhen to provide local and international enterprises from Hong Kong with consultation services, industry-related updates and business matching.
  • Vivian Cheung, Executive Director, Airport Operations, Hong Kong International Airport, said: "We have been expanding the capacity and functionality of Hong Kong International Airport in preparation for the resumption of international travel and business.

Government Blockchain Association to Host High-Ranking Global, Federal, State, Municipal Officials, and Crypto, NGOs and Industry Chiefs for Leadership Summit in Washington, DC

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Friday, September 23, 2022
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He led a team that helped develop the first blockchain solution for the UN.

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  • He led a team that helped develop the first blockchain solution for the UN.
  • Brian Cavanaugh, a former member of the White House National Security Council for both Presidents Trump and Biden.
  • The conference includes a gala reception at the home of a Washington, DC blockchain billionaire.
  • GBA has members that work in Over 500 Government Offices around the world at the local, state, national, and international levels.

Top-level design accelerates judicial progress of Qianhai

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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This made the Primary People's Court of Qianhai Cooperation Zone (Qianhai Court) along with several legal institutions not only trailblazers but stars in Qianhai's judicial progress.

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  • This made the Primary People's Court of Qianhai Cooperation Zone (Qianhai Court) along with several legal institutions not only trailblazers but stars in Qianhai's judicial progress.
  • It has attracted over 100 legal institutions offering arbitration, mediation, IPR protection and other legal services, according to Qianhai Authority.
  • The development of the legal-services district will certainly converge resources around Qianhai and Shenzhen, and uplift the local economy with continuously improving facilities.
  • If the top-level design is not meant to benefit Hong Kong and Macao practitioners, then who would it be?