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Genome Sequencing Adds 8 Percent to Diagnostic Yield for Rare Diseases Over Other Genetic Tests
GenomeWeb News· 1 day ago-Farber Cancer Institute, and other centers initially assessed short-read genome sequencing data for individuals from 744 families enrolled through the Broad Center for Mendelian ...
Scientists Uncover Potential Major Cause of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 day agoResearchers in the UK appear to have discovered a pivotal genetic cause of inflammatory bowel...
Restless legs syndrome tied to 140 'hotspots' in the genome
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThese stretches of DNA in the genome are known as genetic risk loci, and prior to the new study,...
Abu Dhabi Health Department, Opus Genetics Strike Gene Therapy Collaboration for Retinal Diseases
GenomeWeb News· 14 hours agoThe organizations will explore opportunities to conduct preclinical and clinical trials in the UAE and leverage the UAE's genome program.
Genetics study points to potential treatments for restless leg syndrome
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoScientists have discovered genetic clues to the cause of restless leg syndrome, a condition common among older adults. Restless leg syndrome can cause an unpleasant crawling sensation in the ...
'Fossil viruses' embedded in the human genome linked to psychiatric disorders
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPsychiatric disorders tend to run in families, and studies of twins have also hinted that genetics...
ESHG: Short-Read Genome Sequencing Boosts Rare Disease Diagnoses in European Solve-RD Project
GenomeWeb News· 4 days agoShort-read whole-genome sequencing has already led to diagnoses for dozens of families with rare diseases who had remained undiagnosed after exome sequencing, and there will ...
Scientists Discover Teeny Tiny Plant With the Largest Genome Ever Sequenced
Futurism via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFun Sized Small, but mighty! As The New York Times reports, scientists just discovered the largest ...
Scientists have traced the origin of the modern horse to a lineage that emerged 4,200 years ago
Anchorage Daily News· 55 minutes agoThe horse transformed human history – and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse. Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly became ...
Dual-trait genomic analysis in highly stratified Arabidopsis thaliana populations using genome-wide...
Nature· 7 days agoGenome-wide association study (GWAS) is a powerful tool to identify genomic loci underlying complex traits. However, the application in natural populations comes with challenges ...