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Researchers Isolate Adaptable Leptospirosis Strain in Austrian Cattle

Leptospirosis is a globally distributed infectious disease that affects both animals and humans. While the infection is endemic in tropical regions, its incidence seems to increase in temperate regions.

27 Feb 2024

Novel Genotyping Method Reveals New Insights into Lettuce Genomics

A consortium of European investigators used SPET for the first time in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) as part of the European Evaluation Network (EVA) of the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR), with the goal of studying its genetic diversity and identifying genomic regions that underpin agronomically important traits.

31 Aug 2023

Analyzing Genome Sequencing of 2,000 Canids by the Dog10K Consortium

More than 2,000 canine genomes have been generated and examined by an international research consortium.

21 Aug 2023

AMP Releases CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 Genotyping Assay Recommendations

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the world’s leading professional society for molecular diagnostics, released consensus recommendations today to aid in the design and validation of clinical CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 genotyping assays, encourage standardization of testing across labs, and better patient care.

11 Jul 2023

New Computational Methods for Improving Alzheimer’s Disease Characterization

An improved method of subtyping Alzheimer’s disease based on genetic and tau PET imaging data has been developed computationally.

27 Jun 2023

Lundquist Institute Contributes to Genetic Study of Insulin Response to a Glucose Challenge

The Lundquist Institute (TLI) announced that its Institute for Translational Genomics and Populations Sciences contributed to a new study published today in Nature Genetics of the DNA of more than 55,000 people worldwide.

12 Jun 2023

New Genetic Mutations Linked to Canine Bladder Cancers Identified

Researchers have identified new genetic mutations linked to a subset of canine bladder cancers. Their findings have implications both for early cancer detection and for targeted treatments in dogs and humans.

26 Apr 2023

A Study on Genetic Markers and Their Efficiency in the Cultivation of High-Quality Rice

For individual organisms, genetic markers, like simple sequence repeat (SSR), fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP), and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), offer unique identifiers. This helps in the determination of important genetic variations in plants, enabling modern plant breeding to choose high-quality crop varieties.

26 Apr 2023

An inventory of human genetic variation through upgrading the 1000 genomes project resource

The first large-scale WGS project to produce a catalog of human genetic variation was the 1000 Genomes Project (1kGP), which was released as an open-access resource seven years ago.

8 Sep 2022

Mount Sinai and Regeneron Genetics Center launch a large-scale genome sequencing project

Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have launched a new human genome sequencing research project called the Mount Sinai Million Health Discoveries Program with the Regeneron Genetics Center (RGC), part of the industry-leading, New York-based biotechnology company Regeneron.

12 Aug 2022

Researchers develop GenoBaits Soy40K to assist soybean breeding and genetic study

Over a 5,000-year period, cultivated soybean was domesticated from wild soybean in China, and then extensively spread throughout the world. Soybean is a multipurpose crop that accounts for 56% of global oilseed production and more than 25% of protein used in food and animal feed.

7 Jun 2022

Digging into the DNA of finger millet to improve the grain's yield and quality

The grain called finger millet may not be well-known outside of Africa, but it is an important crop to the region.

12 May 2022

New research shows significant variations in B-cells in women with PPD

Jerry Guintivano, PhD, of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, led an exclusive transcriptome-wide association research that showed substantial changes in B-cells in women with postpartum depression, with pathway observations indicating modified B-cell activation and insulin resistance.

19 Apr 2022

NIH’s research program publishes genomic information of nearly 100,000 individuals

The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program currently has access to about 100,000 extremely varied whole genome sequences.

21 Mar 2022

Specific gene variant linked with poor response to sublingual immunotherapy for allergies

Although sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) has become an effective treatment option for many allergies, about 20-30% of patients don’t respond to SLIT for Japanese cedar pollinosis–a highly common disease.

8 Mar 2022

Genetic analysis reveals markers for predicting seed oil quality in Russian sunflower

Researchers from Skoltech and Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops performed a genetic analysis of Russian sunflower lines and identified genetic markers that can help to predict the composition of tocopherols, one of the key attributes of oil quality.

1 Mar 2022

Researchers employ genetic testing to determine the risk of developing cardiovascular disease

Dignity Health in Arizona is introducing the first research study in North America that will use genetic testing to pinpoint men and women who are at risk of developing a cardiovascular disease based on the composition of their DNA.

22 Feb 2022

Neurons derived from human stem cells can predict the cardinal features of psychiatric illness

In a breakthrough that holds significant promise for early diagnosis and better treatment of psychiatric illness, researchers have for the first time used neurons derived from human stem cells to predict the cardinal features of a psychiatric illness, such as psychosis and cognitive deficits in patients with schizophrenia.

11 Jan 2022

Novel tool can efficiently map new genome sequences to a "pangenome"

Since the first sequencing of the human genome more than 20 years ago, the study of human genomes has relied almost exclusively on a single reference genome to which others are compared to identify genetic variations.

From University of California Santa Cruz 17 Dec 2021

Study analyzes the risk of re-identification of shared genomic data

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing allowed millions of people to ascertain their ancestry and obtain awareness of their genetic pre-disposition to inherited diseases.

19 Nov 2021