In Genome Research this week: sex-biased gene expression evolution in malaria mosquitos, method to find ancient selective sweeps, and more.
In PLOS this week: Venezuelan equine encephalitis evolution and spread, Plasmodium vivax genetic diversity, and more.
In PLOS this week: transcriptomic and developmental patterns of filamentous fungi development, cutaneous leishmaniasis diagnosis method, and more.
Examining more than half of its genome, researchers found the parasite's success is due to stripping its genome down to essential genes.
In Science this week: malaria resistance variants, and more.
Copy number alterations in red blood cell invasion receptor-related genes that are more common in some African populations appear to protect against severe malaria.
In Genome Biology this week: Mycobacterium tuberculosis population dynamics, mapping precision in GWAS, and more.
In PLOS this week: blood pressure and hypertension loci in people of African ancestry, Plasmodium vivax population genomics, and more.
In PNAS this week: genetic feature of ALL relapse in Down syndrome patients, Plasmodium falciparum parasite strain structure, and more.
The studies provide further support for Meridian's Illumigene Malaria as a tool for routine screening of travelers in non-endemic areas of the world.
While gene therapies may have high price tags, they could be cheaper than the cost of managing disease, according to MIT's Technology Review.
Researchers are looking for markers that indicate which cancer patients may respond to immunotherapies, the Associated Press writes.
In Nature this week: paternal age associated with de novo mutations in children, and more.
Nature News writes that researchers are still wrangling over the role of the p-value.
