NewsHistoric Genome Analysis Identifies Millions of New Genetic VariantsUniversity of Virginia Health System | April 5, 2021 A new genome analysis of more than 53,000 people offers insights into heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders
NewsLandmark Study Details New Human Reference GenomesUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine | February 25, 2021 The study provides new insights into the structure, variation, and mutation of the human genome
NewsConstructing the First Version of the Japanese Reference GenomeTohoku University | January 29, 2021 Researchers at Tohoku University have completed and released the first Japanese reference genome, named JG1
InsightClinical Applications of Long-Read SequencingMiriam Bergeret, MSc | December 7, 2020 To overcome the challenges of NGS, researchers have turned to third-generation or long-read sequencing technologies
NewsNew Herpes Treatment Could Help Beat Other Incurable Viral InfectionsLund University | July 27, 2020 The broad-spectrum method targets physical properties in the genome of the virus rather than viral proteins, which have previously been targeted
NewsLarge Genome-Wide Association Study Is First to Focus on Both Child and Adult AsthmaUniversity of Chicago Medical Center | April 29, 2019 Most significant genes at key loci are specific to childhood onset of asthma
NewsStudy Questions Value of Genetic Risk ScoresWiley | March 26, 2019 Clinical relevance of genome-wide polygenic score may be less than claimed
NewsResearchers Predict Risk for Common Deadly Diseases from Millions of Genetic VariantsBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard | August 14, 2018 Through this "polygenic risk scoring," researchers can identify people at high risk for disease, even if they don't present other warning signs
NewsNew RNA, DNA-Sequencing Platform Matches Thousands of Drugs to Late-Stage Cancer PatientsMount Sinai Hospital | August 14, 2018 A comprehensive RNA and DNA sequencing platform benefits late-stage and drug-resistant multiple myeloma patients by determining which drugs would work best for them