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Reporting Change

Changes to progress reporting take effect this month, the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health notes at its site. Researchers with NIH Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process and Fellowship awards have to now use the eRA Research Performance Progress Report Commons Module for all grants with May 1 and May 15 due dates. "It is important to be aware of these requirements because noncompliance with them will jeopardize the NIH's ability to issue timely awards," the post adds.

To determine if a grant falls in this category, OER says to check to see if the award uses SNAP — K awards and R awards usually do, and F awards also have to meet this new requirement.

The Scan

Cancer Survival Linked to Mutational Burden in Pan-Cancer Analysis

A pan-cancer paper appearing in JCO Precision Oncology suggests tumor mutation patterns provide clues for predicting cancer survival that are independent of other prognostic factors.

Australian Survey Points to Public Support for Genetic Risk Disclosure in Relatives of At-Risk Individuals

A survey in the European Journal of Human Genetics suggests most adult Australians are in favor of finding out if a relative tests positive for a medically actionable genetic variant.

Study Links Evolution of Stony Coral Skeleton to Bicarbonate Transporter Gene

A PNAS paper focuses on a skeleton-related bicarbonate transporter gene introduced to stony coral ancestors by tandem duplication.

Hormone-Based Gene Therapy to Sterilize Domestic Cat

A new paper in Nature Communication suggests that gene therapy could be a safer alternative to spaying domestic cats.