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After months of preparation, Maine well positioned to find cases of COVID-19 variants The state partnered early with the world-renowned Jackson Laboratory to conduct genomic sequencing, which detects variants of the coronavirus. Share Advanced planning and a partnership with a world-renowned genetics lab put Maine in an enviable position to quickly detect when new and more contagious COVID-19 variants arrive. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday the state’s ...

Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 are generating viral variants that change the properties of the virus and affect the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: The Vaccine Chapter with JAX on Feb. 17 COVID-19: The Vaccine Chapter with JAX on Feb. 17 ELLSWORTH – The Jackson Laboratory and Ellsworth Public Library are collaborating to present an online program for the local community titled “COVID-19: The Vaccine Chapter” on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. Jackson Lab President and CEO Edison Liu and Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative Medical Director Jens Rueter will be the speakers for this special event. They will discuss their views on th...

06 Feb 2021 A new APP knock-in mouse has hit the scene. Researchers led by Pascal Sanchez, Denali Therapeutics, San Francisco, California, described the details in a paper posted to bioRxiv on January 20. They humanized the Aβ sequence in the mouse APP gene and knocked in three familial Alzheimer’s disease mutations: Swedish, Arctic, and Austrian. TREM2 expression and cytokine concentrations spiked in brain tissue, microglia flocked to plaques, neurites swelled, and tau and neurofilament lig...

A well-known Farmington developer is proposing a major 146-unit apartment development in the heart of the town’s medical district, a project that has the support of major area employers, including the nearby Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, UConn Health, Stanley Black & Decker and Carrier Global Corp. The project, which is garnering opposition from nearby residents, is expected to be discussed during a planning and zoning meeting Jan. 25, and would convert vacant land on Farmington A...

Jackson Lab adds COVID-19 to 2021 research slate BAR HARBOR — The Jackson Laboratory has received millions of dollars in grants for its research projects across a range of fields: Alzheimer’s, cancer, rare diseases, cardiovascular diseases and — COVID-19. The research institute pivoted last year to help with the COVID-19 effort, including processing tests for 60,000 Mainers at its Farmington, Conn., campus. It also offered cryopreservation services for mouse models to universities, freezi...

Gov. Janet Mills is revising the state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan to expand who is included in the current phase, 1A, and who comes next, in

Jackson Lab lands more than $100M in grants ELLSWORTH — The Jackson Laboratory received over $100 million in 2020 from new federal grants awarded for research and education programs across a range of fields: Alzheimer’s, cancer, rare diseases, cardiovascular diseases and COVID-19. The research institute pivoted last year to help with the COVID-19 effort, including processing tests for 60,000 Mainers at its Farmington, Conn., campus. It also offered cryopreservation services for mouse models...

Jackson Laboratory receives $9.5 million more in funding in 2020 than in 2019 The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor received about $110 million in funding from more than 200 different grant awards in 2020. Author: Chloe Teboe (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 9:07 AM EST January 8, 2021 Updated: 9:10 AM EST January 8, 2021 BAR HARBOR, Maine — Like so many other things, the future of funding at the Jackson Laboratory was unclear at the start of the c...

January 1st, 2021 | by: Stu Marckoon Trenton Withdrawal (Trenton) – A group studying school funding in Trenton has urged the town to withdraw from AOS 91 which includes the four towns on Mt. Desert Island.  The Ellsworth American reports the town’s School Evaluation Options Committee made its recommendation to the Board of Selectmen this week, and also urged the Trenton School Committee to take a no confidence vote against the superintendent of schools.    The group is no...