Is enhancer-driven gene regulation all wrapped up?
Symmons, O. et al. The Shh topological domain facilitates the action of remote enhancers by reducing the effects…
Regulatory genome annotation | Nature Reviews Genetics
Gerstein, M. B. et al. Architecture of the human regulatory network derived from ENCODE data. Nature 489, 91–100…
The Solve-RD Solvathons as a pan-European interdisciplinary collaboration to diagnose patients with rare disease
School of Computation, Information and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany Vicente A. Yépez, Rebeka Luknárová, Felix Brechtmann, Leon Kraß, Shubhankar…
Decomposition of phenotypic heterogeneity in autism reveals underlying genetic programs
Identifying the structures of autism phenotypes To best reflect the complexity of presentations across autistic individuals, we identified…
Uncovering the multivariate genetic architecture of frailty with genomic structural equation modeling
Fogg, C. et al. The dynamics of frailty development and progression in older adults in primary care in…
Cancer: Can a single workout slow down the growth of cancer cells? |
A recent Australian study reveals that exercise can significantly slow breast cancer cell growth. Researchers at Edith Cowan…
Synthetic lethality in cancer drug discovery: challenges and opportunities
Hartwell, L. H., Szankasi, P., Roberts, C. J., Murray, A. W. & Friend, S. H. Integrating genetic approaches…
Association between the English National Health Service Diabetes Prevention Programme and incident multiple long-term conditions
Study design and data sources The data used in this study are collected and used in line with…
A genome-wide association analysis reveals new pathogenic pathways in gout
Kuo, C. F. et al. Global epidemiology of gout: prevalence, incidence and risk factors. Nat. Rev. Rheumatol. 11,…
A single genetic mutation may have made humans more vulnerable to cancer than chimpanzees
(SACRAMENTO) New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why…
Interplay of genetic predisposition, plasma metabolome and Mediterranean diet in dementia risk and cognitive function
Ethics statement This study included de-identified data from participants who had consented to the use of their anonymized…
Cells found to lock genes at many steady points, not just two
MIT engineers have challenged a core idea in biology by showing that epigenetic memory is not simply binary.…