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TRENDSPOTTER

Sep 21, 2001

Due to the events at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last week, TRENDSPOTTER will not be appearing today. The column, which runs every Friday, will resume its normal publication schedule on Sept. 28. Ira Leiderman, managing partner of the Palladin Group, will bring readers up to date on how the current global financial climate might affect the genomics industry.

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The Scan

International Team Proposes Checklist for Returning Genomic Research Results

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics present a checklist to guide the return of genomic research results to study participants.

Study Presents New Insights Into How Cancer Cells Overcome Telomere Shortening

Researchers report in Nucleic Acids Research that ATRX-deficient cancer cells have increased activity of the alternative lengthening of telomeres pathway.

Researchers Link Telomere Length With Alzheimer's Disease

Within UK Biobank participants, longer leukocyte telomere length is associated with a reduced risk of dementia, according to a new study in PLOS One.

Nucleotide Base Detected on Near-Earth Asteroid

Among other intriguing compounds, researchers find the nucleotide uracil, a component of RNA sequences, in samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, as they report in Nature Communications.