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  • Apr 2018

    Effectiveness of Medicine Determined by Human Mutations

    Study suggests altered drug responses may be due to genetic variations in individuals according to research involving G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs).

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  • Jan 2018

    Researchers Discover 30 Novel Susceptibility Loci for Schizophrenia

    Most reports of schizophrenia genetic risk have focused on individuals of European ancestry. Leveraging the publicly-available 1000 Genomes Project data, this new study expands upon previous work to include a Chinese cohort in a genome-wide association study that identified 30 new genetic risk loci for schizophrenia. 

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  • Nov 2017

    Common Genetic Variant Found for Multiple Vascular Diseases

    Researchers conducting genome-wide studies identify a variant that regulates activity of endothelin-1 (EDN1), a common factor in several vascular diseases.

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  • Jul 2017

    Natural Resistance to Severe Malaria and Structural Variations

    Scientists use genomic data to identify structural variations in human red blood cells and discover a link for lower risk of severe malaria. 

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  • Jul 2017

    Researchers Identify Signals Linked to Age at Menarche

    Scientists use genome-wide data to study the connection between age at menarche and cancer risk.

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  • Mar 2017

    Novel Gene Variants Identified for Kawasaki disease

    By sequencing the DNA of a family of 6, two of which affected with Kawasaki Disease, researchers found a relationship between TLR6 variants and KD.

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  • Feb 2017

    Scientists Identify Rare Genetic Variants that Contribute to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

    26 genetic regions associated with lung function were sequenced to gain insight to the biological pathways that are linked to increased risk of developing COPD. The data was then pooled and analyzed against samples from the NHGRI repository to deduce their findings.

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  • Dec 2016

    Genome-wide Association Studies of Autoimmune Vitiligo Identify 23 New Risk loci and Highlight Key Pathways and Regulatory Variants

    Scientists use data from 1000 Genomes samples to identify 23 new genes associated with vitiligo.

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  • Dec 2016

    Discovery and Refinement of Genetic loci Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Using Dense Imputation Maps

    Imputation panel data generated from 1000 Genomes samples helps researchers identify 16 new genetic risk variants associated with various cardiometabolic and hematological traits.

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  • Sep 2016

    Data Generated from HapMap and 1000 Genomes Samples Identifies Cause for Genetic Misdiagnoses

    Using publicly available data, including data generated from samples collected for the International HapMap and 1000 Genomes Projects, researchers have identified genetic variants previously thought to cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that are overrepresented in the general population, but lead to misdiagnoses in some underrepresented populations.

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