central nervous system disorder
Long-Read Sequencing Study Finds Genetic Culprit for Rare Neurological Condition
By analyzing members of a large extended family in Utah, researchers linked a ZFHX3 gene repeat expansion to a severe condition called spinocerebellar ataxia 4.
Oxford Nanopore, Norwegian Centre for Clinical Cancer Research Ink Collaboration
The collaboration will focus on central nervous system tumors and be conducted at Oslo University Hospital using Oxford Nanopore's PromethIon 24 device.
A month into a collaboration with Nashville Biosciences, the Korean company is looking for additional partnerships with research institutions and Big Pharma to accelerate target discovery.
Migraine GWAS Points to Subtype-Specific Loci, Potential Mechanisms
Researchers linked migraine risk to 123 loci, including risk variants not found in the past and loci implicated in migraine subtypes.
Expression-Based Survival Signature Proposed for Glioblastoma
Using RNA sequence data from the Cancer Genome Atlas and the Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas, researchers identified six genes with expression ties to overall survival.