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Study suggests SARS-CoV-2 is undergoing evolutionary changes at the functional RNA level in addition to the amino acid level

Researchers demonstrated SARS-CoV-2 evolution at the transcriptional level.

22 Apr 2022

Discovering Genetic Variants that Significantly Predispose People to Critical COVID-19

We speak with postdoctoral researcher Erola Pairo-Castineira about her recent work which aimed to find the genetic factors that may predispose individuals to critical COVID-19 and learn how COVID-19 affects cells in the body.

22 Apr 2022

Could DNA be linked to Premature Aging in Cancer Survivors?

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Wang about his latest research that investigated accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors and the underlying genetics causing this.

22 Apr 2022

DNA analysis of tumors uncovers a 'treasure trove' of clues about the causes of cancer

DNA analysis of thousands of tumors from NHS patients has found a 'treasure trove' of clues about the causes of cancer, with genetic mutations providing a personal history of the damage and repair processes each patient has been through.

21 Apr 2022

Association between SARS-CoV-2 Omicron viral load and vaccination history

Researchers analyzed the association between viral loads in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant infection and vaccination history.

21 Apr 2022

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Research has demonstrated the evolutionary process and biology of SARS-CoV-2, the causative pathogen of the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 Apr 2022

Study evaluates SARS-CoV-2 whole genome data from patients and staff in the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System

Researchers surveyed over 360 COVID-19 patients to characterize the SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequence diversity of individual infections.

21 Apr 2022

Revolutionary mRNA vaccine technology: History, facts and the future

mRNA vaccine technology is a field full of promise – as well as unanswered questions – for communities living with the burden of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases.

20 Apr 2022

Advancements in HIV science

As far as viruses go, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is quite simple. About 100,000 times smaller than a red blood cell, the virus expresses just a dozen proteins, yet it can establish a lifelong infection that, if left untreated, causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and death.

20 Apr 2022

Researchers discover more needles in the haystack in the quest to unravel Alzheimer’s disease

21 million. That's the number of genetic variations in the human genome that researchers are sifting to identify patterns predisposing people to Alzheimer's disease.

20 Apr 2022

Newly discovered immune cell "soldier" could be a good target for immunotherapy

Despite the success of immunotherapy in helping many people with cancer, the majority of patients still do not respond to these treatments. There is need for continued research.

20 Apr 2022

Single-cell genome sequencing provides a new way to think about Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's disease is marked by a loss of functional neurons in the brain. But what causes this loss? Through single-cell genome sequencing, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Broad Institute show that people with Alzheimer's have an abundance of newly acquired mutations in their neurons - more than people of the same age without Alzheimer's, and enough to disable genes important to brain function.

20 Apr 2022

Persistent loss of smell after COVID-19 associated with altered olfactory epithelial gene expression

Researchers performed histology of the olfactory epithelium for smell loss measurements in patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

20 Apr 2022

Novel targets for treating sorafenib-resistant hepatocellular carcinoma found using CRISPR-Cas9 screening

This study is led by Xiujun Cai (Department of General Surgery, Sir Run-Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine). Professor Xiujun Cai's research team screened the whole genome of hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG2) through CRISPR / cas9 system under sorafenib treatment, and screened the dominant gene in sorafenib resistance.

20 Apr 2022

Small genetic differences can affect the ability to utilize energy of various nutrients, study finds

Study finds two doses of mRNA or ChAdOx1 vaccines provide excellent protection against severe outcomes of hospitalization and death

Researchers assessed the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against related hospitalizations and death.

18 Apr 2022

Genome News and Research

Study suggests SARS-CoV-2 is undergoing evolutionary changes at the functional RNA level in addition to the amino acid level

Discovering Genetic Variants that Significantly Predispose People to Critical COVID-19

Could DNA be linked to Premature Aging in Cancer Survivors?

DNA analysis of tumors uncovers a 'treasure trove' of clues about the causes of cancer

Association between SARS-CoV-2 Omicron viral load and vaccination history

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Study evaluates SARS-CoV-2 whole genome data from patients and staff in the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System

Revolutionary mRNA vaccine technology: History, facts and the future

Advancements in HIV science

Researchers discover more needles in the haystack in the quest to unravel Alzheimer’s disease

Newly discovered immune cell "soldier" could be a good target for immunotherapy

Single-cell genome sequencing provides a new way to think about Alzheimer’s disease

Persistent loss of smell after COVID-19 associated with altered olfactory epithelial gene expression

Novel targets for treating sorafenib-resistant hepatocellular carcinoma found using CRISPR-Cas9 screening

Small genetic differences can affect the ability to utilize energy of various nutrients, study finds

New, longest documented case of persistent acute SARS-CoV-2 infection

Better understanding of hydrocephalus could lead to improved treatments

Researchers develop and validate polygenic risk scores for six common diseases

Research shines light on the effects of genomic variation on gut microbiome function

Study finds two doses of mRNA or ChAdOx1 vaccines provide excellent protection against severe outcomes of hospitalization and death

The art of CRISPR: The power and promise of gene editing eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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