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Targeted long-read sequencing enables comprehensive analysis of the genetic and epigenetic landscape of inherited myopathies
Abstract The genetic variants that cause inherited myopathies vary widely in type, size and sequence context, encompassing small sequence variants, large structural variants, repeat expansions, and more complex events, such as the D4Z4 macrosatellite contraction and hypomethylation that causes facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Many of these are challenging to characterise using next-generation sequencing and other older molecular technologies.
Seizure Outcome After Surgery for MRI-Diagnosed Focal Cortical Dysplasia
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Factbox - Challenges facing German pharmaceutical company Bayer
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer (BAYGn.DE) is considering job cuts and outsourcing as part of a wide-ranging review of drug research and development that will last until at least November, a person familiar with the company told Reuters. The savings that Bayer - the inventor of aspirin and maker of Yasmin birth control pills - could make as part of the overhaul would give it financial wiggle room as it competes with larger rivals to buy the right to promising treatments from biotech firms.
Factbox: Challenges facing German pharmaceutical company Bayer
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer is considering job cuts and outsourcing as part of a wide-ranging review of drug research and development that will last until at least November, a person familiar with the company told Reuters. The savings that Bayer - the inventor of aspirin and maker of Yasmin birth control pills - could make as part of the overhaul would give it financial wiggle room as it competes with larger rivals to buy the right to promising treatments from biotech firms.
Why the world needs more than one Ebola vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - - In the life-and-death race to make the first effective vaccine against Ebola, one company - Merck (MRK.N) - seems bound to win. But others drugmakers, such as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L), are also in the running - and must stick with it even though they are unlikely to make a profit, experts say, because the world needs more than one Ebola vaccine.
Why the world needs more than one Ebola vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - - In the life-and-death race to make the first effective vaccine against Ebola, one company - Merck - seems bound to win. But others drugmakers, such as Johnson & Johnson and GlaxoSmithKline, are also in the running - and must stick with it even though they are unlikely to make a profit, experts say, because the world needs more than one Ebola vaccine.
On paper, Russia's Olympic podium chances strong despite ban
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Russia’s team for the Pyeongchang Olympics could be as formidable as previous ones even though the government says it was decimated by an International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to bar man of its medal hopefuls.
On paper, Russia's Olympic podium chances strong despite ban
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Russia’s team for the Pyeongchang Olympics could be as formidable as previous ones even though the government says it was decimated by an International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to bar man of its medal hopefuls.
Europe suffers Italian blow but bigger tests loom
BERLIN (Reuters) - The resounding “no” from Italian voters to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s referendum on constitutional reform was not a rejection of the European Union and its single currency, as jubilant populists from across the bloc claimed on Monday.
Maersk, IBM to launch blockchain-based platform for global trade - Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The world’s largest container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk is teaming up with IBM to create an industry-wide trading platform it says can speed up trade and save billions of dollars. The global shipping industry has seen little innovation since the container was invented in the 1950s, and cross-border trade still leaves an enormous trail of paperwork and bureaucracy.
France cancels 50 million flu shot orders
PARIS (Reuters) - France has canceled over half the flu vaccines it ordered to combat the H1N1 flu virus, Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot said on Monday, in an effort to head off criticism after reserving too many shots. France ordered the vaccinations from Sanofi-Pasteur, a unit of Sanofi-Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis and Baxter International. The government estimated 94 million individual shots were needed, thinking that everyone would need two jabs for immunity against the illness.
Factbox - 10 ways to leave EU lover; scenarios for Brexit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Stalemate between Britain and the European Union over what happens next following Britons’ referendum vote to leave has opened up a host of possible scenarios.
Europe suffers Italian blow but bigger tests loom
BERLIN (Reuters) - The resounding “no” from Italian voters to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s referendum on constitutional reform was not a rejection of the European Union and its single currency, as jubilant populists from across the bloc claimed on Monday.
G7 touts economic hope, takes heat on bank repairs
* G7, G20 meetings likely to be more talk than action * IMF urges swifter clean-up of banking sector * Fixing banks seen as key to global economic recovery By Emily Kaiser and Anna Willard WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Finance leaders meeting here on Friday see some signs that recession-fighting efforts are finally starting to work, but patience is wearing thin over the slow progress in cleansing bank balance sheets.
WRAPUP 1-Air trade slump highlights task facing G20
* Air France-KLM carried 9.4 percent fewer people in March * Scandinavian carriers report steep traffic declines * Cargo slumps for fourth month ahead of G20 stimulus * Global supply chains stretched by factory destocking By Tim Hepher and Anna Willard PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) - Airlines are unveiling more evidence of the uphill task facing world leaders as they seek to kickstart moribund trade, with freight traffic plunging again in March and empty business seats adding to growing losses.
INTERVIEW - Romania central bank reassured by currency moves
By Anna Willard PRAGUE, April 4 (Reuters) - Romania's central bank is reassured by that the leu has strengthened slightly since the announcement of an aid package but still reserves the right to intervene, Deputy Governor Cristian Popa said on Saturday. In an interview he also said the currency moves and a fall in CDS spreads pointed to an improved risk evaluation by investors for Romania.
Euro zone sets 2012 deficit goal for Ireland, France
By Anna Willard PRAGUE, April 3 (Reuters) - Euro zone countries gave France and Spain until 2012 to bring their budget deficits below 3 percent of gross domestic product but granted Ireland until 2013 to cut its fiscal shortfall below the European Union ceiling. Finance ministers from 16-nation bloc, who met in Prague on Friday, also said Greece must meet the goal next year.
EU finmins hail ambitious G20 deal, see more ECB cuts
By Paul Carrel and Anna Willard PRAGUE, April 3 (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers hailed G20 decisions on the tripling of IMF funds and regulatory reform as ambitious on Friday and said they expected more interest rate cuts from the European Central Bank.
WRAPUP 2-OECD sees bleak global outlook, soaring job losses
Currencies Published Mar 31, 2009 11:06AM ET (Adds details on trade, growth) By Anna Willard PARIS, March 31 (Reuters) - The world economy will shrink at a far faster pace than originally expected this year, sending unemployment soaring and highlighting the need for extra steps to halt the crisis, the OECD said on Tuesday. The 30-nation Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) said member economies would contract -4.3 percent this year.
TOPWRAP 5-G20 leaders get bleak economic warning
Currencies Published Mar 31, 2009 10:24AM ET * OECD says world shrinking faster than expected * World Bank announces $50 billion trade programme * Japanese PM says plans new stimulus package * Markets seen performing best in March in six years (For more on the global financial crisis, click) By Lesley Wroughton and Anna Willard LONDON/PARIS, March 31 (Reuters) - World leaders travelling to London for this week's G20 crisis summit got a stark reminder on Tuesday about the size of the economic...
INTERVIEW-OECD says sharp US dollar fall unlikely
Currencies Published Mar 31, 2009 06:01AM ET By Anna Willard PARIS, March 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar is likely to keep its position as the leading reserve currency and a sharp devaluation of the currency is unlikely, the OECD's chief economist Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel said.
OECD sees bleak global outlook with downside risks
Currencies Published Mar 31, 2009 06:00AM ET By Anna Willard PARIS, March 31 (Reuters) - The world economy will shrink at a far faster pace than originally expected this year, sending unemployment soaring and highlighting the need for extra steps to halt the crisis, the OECD said on Tuesday. The 30-nation Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) said member economies would contract -4.3 percent this year.
UPDATE 3-Fed's Lockhart: Better data does not signal recovery
Currencies Published Mar 26, 2009 09:22AM ET (Adds details on inflation comment) By Anna Willard and Tamora Vidaillet PARIS, March 26 (Reuters) - One month of improved data does not constitute an economic recovery and recession in the United States will last for at least a few more months, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart said on Thursday.
UPDATE 1-French consumers cut spending as job losses accelerate
(Adds details, economist quotes, background) By Anna Willard PARIS, March 24 (Reuters) - French shoppers cut spending at the fastest pace in over a year in February, worried about rising unemployment, while business confidence stuck at a record low in March as bosses fretted about empty order books.
G20 backs extra IMF funds but sum, method unclear
By Anna Willard HORSHAM, England, March 14 (Reuters) - The G20 pledged on Saturday to shore up lending for emerging economies hit hard by the global financial crisis, but officials are still wrangling over how much money is needed, who will pay and how. The thorniest issue is new money for the International Monetary Fund.
UPDATE 2-INTERVIEW-EU explores raising funds for crisis aid
(Adds Lagarde inflation comment in newspaper) By Anna Willard BESANCON, France, March 2 (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers are discussing different financing options to help countries that are in difficulty because of the economic crisis, French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Monday.
UPDATE 1-France, Germany oppose joint euro zone bond idea
Forex Feb 25, 2009 07:16AM ET (Recasts with French source, background) By Madeline Chambers and Anna Willard BERLIN/PARIS, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Germany and France on Wednesday scotched the idea of a joint euro zone bond issue, but Bundesbank President Axel Weber held out the possibility of targeted aid for euro zone countries which hit major trouble.
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