Genetics

July 26, 2022
Genetic clues to age-related macular degeneration revealed thumbnail

Genetic clues to age-related macular degeneration revealed

Black and white electron microscopy imaging of retinal pigment epithelium cells. Credit: Dr Grace Lidgerwood Better diagnosis and treatment of the incurable eye disease age-related macular […]
May 31, 2021
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Scientists discover a new genetic form of ALS in children

NIH researchers discovered a new form of ALS that begins in childhood. The study linked the disease to a gene called SPLTC1. As part of the […]
March 17, 2021
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More precise diagnoses made possible with whole genome sequencing

Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than 1,200 people with rare diseases have received a diagnosis thanks to the integration of large-scale genomics into the Stockholm region’s […]
February 21, 2021
First multi-whole-genome study of IBD in African Americans thumbnail

First multi-whole-genome study of IBD in African Americans

In African Americans, the genetic risk landscape for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is very different from that of people with European ancestry, according to results of […]
February 21, 2021
Researchers develop test to measure effect of breast cancer gene variants thumbnail

Researchers develop test to measure effect of breast cancer gene variants

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Mayo Clinic have combined results from a functional test measuring the effect of inherited variants in the BRCA2 breast and […]
February 11, 2021
Sequence African genomes for Africa and the world: scientist thumbnail

Sequence African genomes for Africa and the world: scientist

The continent from which humanity emerged got left behind in this giant leap forward, and remains a genetic blank slate compared to Europe or the United […]
January 27, 2021
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Researchers simplify the study of gene-environment interactions

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University’s Ithaca campus have developed a new computational method for studying genetic and environmental interactions […]
January 6, 2021
Long-term study finds dozens of new genetic markers associated with lifetime bone growth thumbnail

Long-term study finds dozens of new genetic markers associated with lifetime bone growth

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has discovered several genetic markers associated with bone mineral accrual, […]
December 18, 2020
Long non-coding RNA may play a key role in cardiovascular disease thumbnail

Long non-coding RNA may play a key role in cardiovascular disease

Atherosclerosis is a condition affecting the cardiovascular system. If atherosclerosis occurs in the coronary arteries (which supply the heart) the result may be angina pectoris, or […]
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