addiction
Problem Drinking Contributors Unearthed Using Mendelian Randomization Study
Researchers narrowed in on cortical proteins and brain cell type-related genes with apparent ties to alcohol use disorders using GWAS and post-mortem multiomic profiling.
Drugs to Treat Smoking Addiction Suggested by Multi-Ancestry Transcriptome-Wide Association Study
The new approach, called TESLA, enables eQTL datasets to be integrated with multi-ancestry GWAS, which the researchers applied to study smoking behaviors.
Proove Biosciences CEO Exonerated in PGx Test Kickback Case
Proove's founder and CEO was indicted last year on charges the company had defrauded Medicare and violated the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying physicians to use its pharmacogenetic tests.
Tobacco, Alcohol Use Contributors Uncovered With Multi-Ancestry GWAS
Researchers unearthed more than 3,800 tobacco or alcohol use-related variants using data for 3.4 million participants from four ancestry groups.
NIDA Awards Geisinger $973K to Study Genomics of Opioid Use Disorder
Researchers will use data from two biobanks, Geisinger's MyCode Community Health Initiative and Vanderbilt University’s BioVU.