Microarrays & Multiplexing

News on microarrays, multiplexing, genotyping, cytogenetics, gene expression profiling in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.

Breast Cancer Subtype-Specific Polygenic Risk Scores Identified

Researchers have identified promising polygenic risk scores for estimating overall breast cancer risk as well as estrogen receptor-positive forms of disease.

Neanderthal-Origin DNA Gives Insight Into Modern Human Skull Shape

The researchers generated a skull shape score and applied it to a European ancestry cohort to tease out introgressed Neanderthal DNA linked to head shape.

Alzheimer's Disease Risk Alleles Profiled in Latino Populations

Using data for almost 10,900 Latino individuals with diverse ancestry, investigators identified distinct patterns for risky or protective APOE variants.

Epilepsy GWAS Leads to New Loci, Potential Drug Targets

Using data for nearly 45,000 epilepsy cases and controls, researchers identified loci contributing to focal epilepsy, genetic generalized epilepsy, or unclassified epilepsy.

Genome-Wide Study Uncovers Variants Explaining Majority of SNP Heritability of Red Hair

Using UK Biobank data, the researchers uncovered new variants in MC1R, as well as eight other variants, that influence whether someone has red hair.

Dec 07, 2018

Amended Lawsuit Against Illumina, Thermo Fisher, Others Names Additional Defendants

Dec 07, 2018

Illumina Donates Genotyping Arrays to All of Us Research Program

Dec 03, 2018

Colorectal Cancer Risk Linked to Common, Rare Variants

Nov 30, 2018

Gallstone Disease Meta-Analysis Leads to Bile Transport, Cholesterol Pathways

Nov 29, 2018

Methylation Atlas Aims to Link Cell-Free DNA to Tissue, Cell Types of Origin

Nov 26, 2018

ADHD Risk Variants Identified

Nov 20, 2018

BD, Cellular Research Sue 10x Genomics for Infringing Single-Cell Analysis Patents

Nov 20, 2018

BMI-Related Variants in Children May Influence Parental Feeding Patterns

Nov 16, 2018

Coffee Consumption Linked to Genetic Markers for Bitter Taste Perception

Nov 14, 2018

Genetic Disease Risk Estimates May Be off in Populations Not Covered by GWAS

Nov 09, 2018

Non-Cancerous Prostate Disease GWAS Uncovers PSA Level-Linked Variants

Nov 01, 2018

Roche Developing Digital PCR Platform

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Oct 29, 2018

Osteoarthritis Risk Linked to Novel Genetic Loci

Oct 29, 2018

NanoString, MacroGenics Collaborate to Identify, Develop Immuno-Oncology Biomarkers

Oct 25, 2018

Leica Biosystems, Ultivue to Comarket Platforms for Biomarker Detection

Oct 25, 2018

Stroke Risk Tied to Genetics, Lifestyle in UK Biobank Analysis

Oct 24, 2018

Illumina Points to Clinical Sequencing, Consumer Genomics for Future Growth

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Oct 23, 2018

Illumina Revenues Increase 20 Percent in Q3

Oct 23, 2018

Warfarin Bleeding Risk SNPs Identified in African Americans

Oct 22, 2018

GeneATLAS Database Documents Diverse Trait Associations Detected With UK Biobank Data

Breaking News

The Scan

Lamar Alexander Won't Seek Re-Election

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), who chairs the Senate health committee, will be retiring at the end of his term, Stat News reports.

Second X Helping

UCSF researchers find that having two X chromosomes may contribute to women's longer lifespans, according to Discover's D-brief blog.

Tracing the Bugs

The Wall Street Journal reports on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's use of genetic approaches to study foodborne illnesses.

This Week in PNAS

In PNAS this week: immune cell profiling of wild baboons by social status, metabolomics profiling of esophageal tumors, and more.

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