diabetes
Studies of Chinese Pregnancies Delve Into Underlying Genetic Contributors to Diseases and Conditions
Research teams brought together maternal sequences, noninvasive prenatal testing sequences, and health record data to investigate hundreds of maternal and neonatal traits.
Genetic Architecture of Metabolic Syndrome Teased out in Multivariate GWAS
Researchers found more than 1,300 metabolic syndrome-associated SNPs, providing insights into the genetics of related conditions.
The NIH-funded consortium is working to establish methods for aggregating diverse datasets and developing cross-ancestry PRS for potential clinical use.
Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Gut Microbiome Features in Strain-Specific Study
Researchers profiled more than 8,100 metagenomes to find gut microbial species, strains, and genes associated with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes.
NIH Awards $12.5M to Establish Integrated Database for Pancreatic Research
The funding goes to a team of researchers to establish the Pancreas KnowledgeBase program for standardizing and disseminating human pancreas data and resources.