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Andrea Anderson covers genomics research studies and translational research for GenomeWeb. Find her on Twitter at @andyandy_tk.

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Nov 18, 2020

MSK Study Suggests Germline Tests May Miss Mosaic Cancer Risk Mutations in Some Patients

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Using tumor and matched normal sequence data generated for tens of thousands of cancer patients, the team identified mosaic cancer susceptibility in around one in 1,000 cases.

Nov 02, 2020

Epilepsy Exomes From Epi25 Project Lead to Mutation-Intolerant Gene Regions

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Rare variants turned up across epilepsy cases but appeared to be more common in mutation-intolerant gene regions in individuals with the most severe epilepsy subtype.

Nov 02, 2020

Qatar Genome Programme Team Begins Characterizing Transcriptome-Level Variation in Population

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Genes in immune-related pathways were among those flagged when researchers used RNA sequencing on blood samples to look at functional genetic features in the population.

Oct 30, 2020

Identity-by-Descent Analysis Uncovers Rare Variant Associations in UK Biobank

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Data presented at the ASHG virtual meeting highlighted the population insights that can be gleaned from IDB profiles in populations, including loci linked to blood traits.

Oct 29, 2020

Dozens of Introduction Events Sparked SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Oregon, Sequence Data Suggests

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At the ASHG conference, a researcher described efforts to sequence SARS-CoV-2 genomes from Oregon to investigate introductions, super-spreader events, and viral biology.

Oct 29, 2020

De Novo, Inherited Autism Risk Factors Uncovered With SPARK Cohort Analysis

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Using data for more than 10,200 individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their family members, researchers delineated rare, inherited alterations and de novo changes.

Oct 28, 2020

Finnish Population Genomics Study Uncovers Rare, Recessive Disease Candidates

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At ASHG, a FinnGen researcher reported new recessive disease associations for cataracts, hearing loss, and other conditions, identified through the population study.

Oct 27, 2020

SickKids' 'Rigorous' Molecular Analysis IDs Targetable Alterations, Cancer Susceptibility Mutations

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Within the KiCS study researchers found targetable mutations in more than half of the kids, but few actually received drugs based on those molecular markers.

Sep 22, 2020

Metastatic Cancer Treatment Markers Identified in Clinical WGS Study

Interim results from a study in the Netherlands suggest whole-genome sequencing can be done fast enough to uncover treatment targets in metastatic cancer patients.

Sep 20, 2020

HPV, p16 May Offer Different Prognostic Clues in Oropharyngeal Cancer, ESMO Data Reveals

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Patients with discordant p16 and HPV markers fall into an intermediate risk group, research presented at the European cancer conference suggests.

The Scan

High Numbers Reported for Russian Vaccine

Russia says its candidate SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has a very high efficacy rate in an initial analysis of clinical trial data, according to the Financial Times.

Masterpiece Microbiome

Wired reports on a microbial analysis of sketches drawn by Leonardo DaVinci.

Limited Trust

A new survey explores coronavirus vaccine hesitancy among Black and Latino individuals, the Washington Post reports.

Nucleic Acids Research Papers on Aging Atlas, Human Metagenomes, Drug Repositioning

In Nucleic Acids Research this week: the Aging Atlas database, a database of human metagenome-related metadata, and more.

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