POSTS TAGGED AS Broad Institute

A Neonate Genetic Screen for Lifelong Obesity Risk

Polygenic score to predict obesity risk
Researchers at the Broad Institute have developed a polygenic test that could be given to [MORE]

Multigene Test for High Risk Heart Disease, et al

DNA Multigenic risk score
Polygenic risk scores may become as routine as cholesterol screening. To that end, researchers at the Broad [MORE]

Cell Atlas of the Small Intestine

Small Intestine Cellular Composition
Quoting directly: “The lining or epithelium of the gut is one of the body’s most diverse and [MORE]

Reversible RNA Editing

The Broad Institute’s pioneering lab for gene editing has developed a version of CRISPR that permits reversible RNA editing. “The [MORE]

RNA Sequencing with a Microfluidics Device

Single Cell RNA Sequencing
In order to map a brain, investigators have to show different cells types, and differences in each [MORE]

SHERLOCK for RNA Editing

Gene Editing
Scientists at the Broad Institute, who were involved in the technology of CRISPR gene editing, have developed another molecular [MORE]

Migraine, Heart Disease, and Hypertension: Three Ailments for the Price of One Gene

Cardiovascular System
Immunologists, among others, know that a single gene mutation can have seemingly unrelated expressions, such as Ataxia telangiectasia presenting [MORE]

Cell Census

T Cells
Big science projects like the Human Genome, the Human Proteome and the Human Brain Atlas, have certain technologies in [MORE]

CRISPR Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases

MIT Professors Collins and Zhang SHERLOCK Developers
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing has been thought to be most useful in altering DNA, rather [MORE]

A New and Improved CRISPR

CRISPR Cas9
Those in the know must be saying “CRISPR-Cas9” is “so yesterday.” This remarkable gene editing technology has shot like [MORE]

Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia

In a paper titled “Systematic Identification of Genomic Markers of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer Cells,” a research group from [MORE]

Mapping Cancer on Chromosomes

A recent study reported on the importance of DNA copy number variations-both duplications and deletions on chromosomes-in causing cancers.  Indeed, [MORE]

The Mexican Genome

Mexico a "Genomic Metling Pot"
Like the “Human Genome,” the “Mexican Genome” is an intellectual artifact, reflecting the broad strokes [MORE]

Broad Institute Gift Largest Ever

Los Angeles philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, who originally donated $200m to create the Broad Institute at Harvard and [MORE]