Genprex, Inc. ("Genprex" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies for patients with cancer and diabetes, today announced its collaboration with Roche Diagnostics to validate biomarkers for patient selection in clinical trials for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Building on promising preclinical and clinical data, this collaboration intends to refine patient identification using TROP2 as a biomarker.

NanoSomiX, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on blood‑based analytics using extracellular vesicles (EVs), including brain‑derived EVs, today announced plans to collaborate with Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a global leader in clinical diagnostics, to explore the development of next‑generation immunoassays for neurodegenerative diseases.

Roche (SIX: RO, ROP; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the launch of its comprehensive Liver Disease Panel, a suite of certified algorithms designed to help clinicians better identify and manage chronic liver disease (CLD). By bringing together biomarker-based diagnostics and advanced digital algorithms, including the CE-marked algorithm LiverPRO, the Liver Disease Panel supports better-informed clinical decisions, from timely fibrosis risk identification, to the surveillance of liver cancer.

AstraZeneca and Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific today announced a three-year Memorandum of Understanding to help advance digital pathology capabilities and elevate cancer care across nine Asia markets, a first in the region. This landmark collaboration aims to accelerate the adoption of AI-powered digital and computational pathology through educational and training initiatives and improve biomarker testing in breast and lung cancer.

Laguna Diagnostics, LLC today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to the company's mRNA Gene Biomarker Test, a novel blood-based test designed to aid in the differentiation of schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder in symptomatic patients.

Lunit on Monday said it has started a collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo to use its artificial intelligence-based digital pathology tools to advance translational research and biomarker discovery for two of Daiichi's oncology pipeline programs.

New research suggests that individuals who consistently carry Staphylococcus aureusin their noses have other nasal microbial community features that are distinct from those found in individuals without persistent S. aureus colonization.

Circular Genomics announced Monday that it raised $15 million in a Series A financing round led by Mountain Group Partners.

Lunit (KRX:328130.KQ), a leading provider of AI for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, today announced a nonexclusive collaboration to develop AI-based companion diagnostic solutions. The collaboration will leverage Lunit's AI technology and Agilent's expertise in tissue-based companion diagnostics to create advanced solutions that meet the demand of novel and complex biomarker assays in drug development.

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and four other institutions have devised a novel method to test for prostate cancer using biomarkers present in urine, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. This approach could significantly reduce the need for invasive, often painful biopsies, they say.