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Jul 02, 2020

In Brief This Week: Genomics England, Centogene, Cergentis, and More

News items for the week of June 29, 2020.

May 13, 2020

Gene Variant Associated With Reduced Height Among Peruvians

The variant also appears to be under positive selection and is more common among coastal Peruvians.

May 13, 2020

Go Bigger

A Nature editorial calls for large, collaborative studies of potential COVID-19 treatments.

May 11, 2020

Biocollections Worldwide, Gnomegen Get FDA Emergency Use Authorizations for Coronavirus Tests

The PCR-based tests are designed to detect the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid gene in various respiratory specimens including oropharyngeal swabs.

May 07, 2020

Ancient Andean Genomes Reveal Genetic Substructure, Continuity of Populations

An international team of researchers analyzed genome-wide data from 89 individuals to reconstruct the population history of the region.

May 04, 2020

PLOS Papers on Glaucoma Gene, Cold-Tolerant Yeast Origins, Myanmar Bloodstream Infection Bacteria

In PLOS this week: gene alteration linked to glaucoma, genome sequencing traces origin of lager yeast, and more.

Apr 27, 2020

PLOS Papers on Tuberculosis in Colombia, Cancer Inflammation Signatures, Liver eQTLs Among African Americans

In PLOS this week: genomic analysis of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Colombia, inflammatory response signatures in cancer, and more.

Apr 03, 2020

Breast Cancer Subtypes Vary With Indigenous Ancestry in Latin American Women

Women with breast cancer from Peru, Mexico, or Colombia who had greater Indigenous American ancestry were more likely to have HER2-positive tumors.

Mar 30, 2020

Little Bit Improved

A new analysis finds that peer review improves the quality of preprints just a little bit, according to ScienceInsider.

Mar 30, 2020

PLOS Studies on Anti-Viral Epigenetic Drugs, Liver Cancer Oncogene, Brazilian HIV Diversity

In PLOS this week: epigenetic drug triggers anti-viral activity, viral diversity among individuals with HIV experiencing virological failure, and more.

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The Scan

Working Out the Effect

The Washington Post reports on researchers' efforts to determine the effect of an increasingly common SARS-CoV-2 mutation.

Increased Genetic Privacy in Florida

Florida Politics reports Florida's law barring life, long-term care, and disability insurers from using genetic information in coverage decisions went into effect at the beginning of July.

Attention-Grabbing in Two Ways

A new analysis finds a link between popular media coverage of a scientific study and how often that paper is cited.

Nature Papers Describe CRISPR Plant Editing Methods, DNA-PAINT Improvements, More

In Nature this week: CRISPR approaches to editing plant genomes, way to speed up DNA-PAINT, and more.

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