
Oncologica is a genetic research testing partner and bioanalytical contract research organisation providing mutation genotyping and gene expression testing services. Analysis is undertaken by microarray, qPCR, digital PCR and molecular pathology analysis for human and animal bioinformatic research studies.
Theranostic patient-centered strategies are often directed against complex and redundant growth signalling networks from surface ligands and receptors through transducers to downstream effector molecules.
However the redundancy of these networks can result in low efficacy of molecularly targeted drugs and constraints on the performance of cancer biomarkers directed at these pathways.
Oncologica’s alternative genetic testing approach is to target the cell cycle machinery, which acts as a convergence point for information transduced through upstream signalling networks and therefore represents an exceptionally attractive diagnostic and therapeutic target.

Research Papers

Utilisation of semiconductor sequencing for the detection of predictive biomarkers in glioblastoma
Published: March 25, 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245817
Gareth H Williams, Alexander Llewelyn, Robert Thatcher, Keeda-Marie Hardisty, Marco Loddo

SARS-CoV-2 testing and sequencing for international arrivals reveals significant cross border transmission of high risk variants into the United Kingdom
EClinical Medicine by the Lancet Published:July 14, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101021
Gareth H Williams, Alexander Llewelyn, Ruben Brandao, Kaiya Chowdhary,Keeda-Marie Hardisty, Marco Loddo (2021)

Clinical, Radiometabolic and Immunologic Effects of Olaparib in Locally Advanced Triple Negative Breast Cancer: The OLTRE Window of Opportunity Trial
Front Oncol. 2021; 11: 686776. Published online 2021 Jun 28. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.686776
Alfredo Molteni, Alice Bruson, Carla Strina, Carlo Azzini, Daniele Generali, Davide Cerra, Elena Marasco, Elisa Zago, Fabiola Giudici, Francesco Schettini, Gareth H Williams, Giovanni Scambia, Giuseppina Barbieri, Giuseppina Ferrero, Ida Paris, Luciano Xumerle, Manuela Milani, Marco Loddo, Marco Ungari, Maria Chiara Lazzari, Maria Rosa Cappelletti, Marianna Sirico, Nicoletta Ziglioli, Ottavia Bernocchi, Sergio Aguggini, Silvia Paola Corona, Valeria Cervoni

The actionable genomic mutational landscape in solid tumours
J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr e13642) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e13642
Loddo M, Hardisty KM, Thatcher RP, Haddow TE, Williams GH (2020)

Immunofocus-PD-L1 high throughput quantitative next generation sequencing assay
J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr e13521) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e13521
Williams GH, Thatcher RP, Haddow TE, Hardisty KM, Loddo M (2020)

Druggable fusion gene landscape in solid tumors
J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr e13517) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.e13517
Williams GH, Thatcher RP, Nevado B, Haddow TE, Hardisty KM, Loddo M (2020)