Metabolic Disease
News on research and diagnostics for metabolic disorders and metabolic diseases.
At the International Conference on Newborn Sequencing (ICoNS) in London last week, a dozen projects from around the world presented their plans and progress.
Large-Scale Proteomic Studies Identify Proteins Linked to Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome
The two studies, published separately in Cell Reports Medicine, used affinity-based and mass spec platforms to analyze thousands of blood samples.
Inflammatory Arthritis Linked to Characteristic Gut Microbial Community Changes
With gut metagenomic sequencing on individuals with or without inflammatory arthritis, researchers flagged microbial taxa and pathways coinciding with disease types.
Chinese Population Biobank Highlights Genetic Diversity, Disease Associations
Researchers looked for genetic contributors to more than 200 conditions in individuals from 10 populations, leading to new and known risk variants.
Epigenetic Study Finds Novel Associations Between DNA Methylation, Common Diseases
Researchers analyzed DNA methylation patterns in whole blood samples from more than 18,000 Scottish individuals to find associations with common diseases.