Autism research led by the Institut Pasteur, France, has found socioeconomic and cognitive correlations between rare loss-of-function variants in autism-associated genes and people without autism.
Research led by the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center in China has highlighted genetic risks for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In a paper titled "High-throughput identification of regulatory elements and functional assays ...
Immunology research led by Harvard Medical School has taken a closer look at the role of B-cells in fighting cancer. In a paper, "B-cell-specific checkpoint molecules that regulate anti-tumor immunity," published in Nature, ...
A genomic study led by researchers at Stanford University, California, has performed ultra-deep metagenomic sequencing on 351 fecal samples from the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania. In their paper, "Ultra-deep sequencing ...
A large team of genetic engineers affiliated with institutions across China has completed the first phase of its initiative to create a pangenome reference of genome data for people of different ancestries in China. In their ...
A Harvard-led study has identified genetic markers associated with preeclampsia and gestational hypertension in a large cohort study. In the paper, "Polygenic prediction of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension," published ...
A multi-institution study led by researchers at Biogen Inc. has identified eight genes linked to adult cognitive function through rare protein-coding variants with high-impact effects. In their paper, "The impact of rare ...
The cancer gene MYC has been called the "Mount Everest" of cancer research because of the difficulty of designing medications that can disable it and the expectation that an effective MYC drug could help so many cancer patients. ...
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Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in the U.K. have led a study in collaboration with scientists worldwide, looking into cases of critical illness in COVID-19 patients.
A team of 87 researchers from multiple institutions led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health have published a paper in Science Advances—"The genetic determinants of recurrent somatic mutations in 43,693 ...
