POSTS TAGGED AS genetics

Genetics of Blood Pressure

Over 100 new regions linked to blood pressure in the human genome
“A team of researchers from around the world, who [MORE]

Could Beethoven Clap to a Musical Beat?

Beethoven’s genome sheds light on chronic health problems and cause
“Begg et al [the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The [MORE]

Polygenic Risk Scores for 10 Diseases

Polygenic risk scores for 10 diseases
“From an initial list of 23 conditions, ten were selected for implementation based on PRS [MORE]

“Replication Timing” with DNA

Microscopic image shows DNA in blude and replicated in red
“The process of DNA replication timing (RT) refers to the specific [MORE]

Primate Catalogue of Genes

Genomes of 233 primate species sequenced
“By comparing the primate genomes, 4.3 million mutations have now been identified that may alter [MORE]

“All of Us” Program Releases 250k Genomes

“All of Us” Research Program
“The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Research Program announced that 250,000 whole genome [MORE]

Interpreting Spatial Transcriptomics

Making the Most of Spatial Transcriptomics Data with SPICEMIX
“Researchers have now created a machine learning method, called SPICEMIX, to analyze [MORE]

Machine Learning Deciphers Complex “Mosaic” Disorders

New Computer Program ‘Learns’ to Identify Mosaic Mutations that Cause Disease
“We [researchers at University of California San Diego School of [MORE]

Long Genes, Long Proteins, Long Life

Aging is driven by unbalanced genes
“Here, we [researchers at Northwestern University] show that transcript length alone explains most transcriptional changes [MORE]

“Medical Rejuvenation,” Medical Greed

How scientists want to make you young again.
“Klausner was pitching nothing less than “medical rejuvenation”—a means of taking old animals [MORE]

Genetics of Height

A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human heigh
“Here, using data from a genome-wide association study of 5.4 million [MORE]

DNA Damage in Stem Cells Calls for Sequencing

Somatic genomic variation and selection for BCOR mutations in hiPSCs
“We [researchers at the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Sanger [MORE]

microRNAs: How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes

Student researchers discover genes unique to humans in search for source of our evolutionary distinctiveness
“Using computational tools, the team [from [MORE]

Detecting de Novo Mutations

Human evolution
“A new study by a team of researchers from Israel and Ghana has brought the first evidence of nonrandom [MORE]