News on research and diagnostics for metabolic disorders and metabolic diseases.
A gene-environment study involving more than 18,000 individuals suggests jogging and other forms of exercise may modify the genetic risk for obesity.
With exome sequences for tens of thousands of Finns, researchers identified deleterious variants linked to dozens of clinically relevant quantitative traits.
Yale School of Medicine researchers analyzed patients and families affected by early-onset coronary artery disease to uncover mutations in CELA2A.
The test combines a genetic risk analysis with behavioral and lifestyle assessments, and uses Thermo Fisher Scientific's TaqMan OpenArray for genotyping.
Researchers identified a new type 2 diabetes-associated site involving the ZRANB3 gene, which may have a role in regulating pancreatic beta cells.
