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Genetics

Age-related methylation changes in the human sperm epigenome

A new research paper titled "Age-related methylation changes in the human sperm epigenome" has been published in Aging.

Mar 21, 2023

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Genetics

Genetic determinants of fertility and ongoing natural selection in humans

An international team of researchers who identified genetic variants associated with reproductive success say their findings could highlight mechanisms underlying fertility and infertility. In addition, their analyses detected ...

Oct 29, 2020

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Genetics

DNA sequencing of infants and children with anatomical defects of unknown causes

A presentation at the American Society of Human Genetics 2012 meeting updated genetics experts about a one-year-old research initiative that brought together researchers, clinicians and policy experts to tackle the challenges ...

Nov 6, 2012

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Genetics

A human interactome to prioritize drug discovery

Scientists at Open Targets, EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and GSK are revealing the shared basis of diseases using a map of interacting human proteins. By helping to understand how biological processes ...

Feb 23, 2023

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Genetics

Completion of the zebrafish reference genome yields strong comparisons with the human genome

Researchers demonstrate today that 70 per cent of protein-coding human genes are related to genes found in the zebrafish and that 84 per cent of genes known to be associated with human disease have a zebrafish counterpart. ...

Apr 17, 2013

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Autism spectrum disorders

Biomarker progress offers hope for early autism spectrum disorder detection

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders typically characterized by difficulties in social interactions and delayed or abnormal language development. Although ASD reportedly affects 1 in 88 people ...

Nov 30, 2012

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Oncology & Cancer

Advancing genomic medicine: The evolution of personalized cancer treatment in Japan

The journey of cancer genomic medicine (CGM) began in the 1980s, with the discovery of various genomic and epigenomic alterations in cancer cells from various countries including Japan. This led to the development of molecular ...

May 4, 2024

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Genetics

Researchers uncover genetic factors for severe Lassa fever

While combing through the human genome in 2007, computational geneticist Pardis Sabeti made a discovery that would transform her research career. As a then-postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Sabeti ...

Feb 8, 2024

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Medical research

Research team profiles histone mutational landscape of human cancers

Researchers in the Muir Lab at Princeton University's Department of Chemistry have completed the first comprehensive analysis of cancer-associated histone mutations in the human genome, featuring both biochemical and cellular ...

Mar 1, 2021

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