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Cancer Prognoses Informed by Module-Based Approach, Study Finds
Researchers highlight patient survival and other prognostic clues that can be drawn from expression data and related module-based molecular analyses on several cancer types.
Cancer Genome Analysis Unearths Potentially Targetable Tandem Repeat Expansions
Investigators identified 160 recurrent repeat expansions in seven cancer types, including a kidney cancer-related expansion that appeared susceptible to a targeted treatment.
Study Links Maternal Mental Illness-Related Variants to Perinatal Risk Factors For Offspring
Researchers identified relationships between pregnancy-related maternal traits and behaviors and polygenic risk scores for half a dozen mental health conditions.
T-Cell Subpopulations in Blood May Help Predict Immune Checkpoint Immunotherapy Side Effects
Researchers searched for baseline immune cell gene expression signatures and clusters linked to immune-related adverse events on checkpoint blockade immunotherapy.
At the inaugural International Conference on Newborn Sequencing (ICoNS) in Boston last week, researchers outlined plans from eight studies in the US, the UK, Europe, and Australia.