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Investigators have developed a novel approach that can better identify and characterize genetic variant interactions associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease, improving the understanding of the genetic heritability ...
Jan 6, 2025
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They show up as bright white spots when you get a brain MRI: lesions called white matter hyperintensities, or WMH. And their presence suggests something may be wrong with your brain's white matter—there could be structural ...
Nov 21, 2024
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A new study introduces an innovative tool for exploring gene-disease connections: the PWAS Hub. This resource is based on the novel approach of the proteome-wide association study (PWAS), which complements traditional genetic ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Researchers at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) have discovered a significant association between specific Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) variants and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). NPC is a ...
Nov 14, 2024
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University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are warning that artificial intelligence tools gaining popularity in the fields of genetics and medicine can lead to flawed conclusions about the connection between genes and physical ...
Nov 4, 2024
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It is commonly known that most genomic databases are biased toward people with European ancestry. Scientists have warned that leaving out other populations could skew results in areas such as drug development, diagnostic ...
Oct 31, 2024
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Scientists from the University of Nottingham have developed a new method of genetic analysis, which extracts more precise data than previously used methods when looking at DNA, and will improve our understanding of the genetic ...
Oct 31, 2024
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Many statistical models and algorithms used by scientists can be imagined as a "black box." These models are powerful tools that give accurate predictions, but their internal workings are not easily interpretable or understood.
Oct 28, 2024
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The 3 billion base pairs that constitute the human genome—the matching jigsaw puzzle pieces of adenine pairing with thymine and cytosine pairing with guanine—are not just the body's instruction manual. Rearrangements in the ...
Oct 21, 2024
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When trying to understand how genetic influences factor into youth behavior, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have taken the "big trawl" approach, casting their net wide to pull in all the measured traits, ...
Oct 17, 2024
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