Latin America
Leishmaniasis Infection Severity Linked to Skin Microbiome-Related Host Immune Features
After finding higher bacterial burdens in severe leishmaniasis, researchers found Staphylococcus aureus and interleukin-1-beta contribute to delayed healing.
Mexican Population Studies Provide Ancestry, Complex Trait Clues
Teams teased out ancestry, allele frequency, imputation, and genetic risk variant profiles for populations using data from the Mexican Biobank and Mexico City Prospective Study.
Lifebit Partners With OmicaBio, Gen-T to Support Population Genetics Programs in Mexico, Brazil
Gen-T and OmicaBio are turning to Lifebit to help them scale up and provide a federated research environment as they look to diversify genomic datasets.
BGI Genomics Forges Partnerships for Precision Medicine in Latin America
Through the collaborations, the Chinese NGS service provider is introducing its oncology and noninvasive prenatal tests to Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.
Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms Delayed by Rare Gene Variant
A rare variant in the reelin-coding gene RELN appeared to delay cognitive declines and dementia in an individual with the presenilin 1 risk variant E280A.