Icahn School of Medicine
Scores focused on the biochemical pathways associated with disease and pairing these scores with other risk assessments could improve predictive value, the data showed.
Lung Cancer Study Highlights Genetic Variants Involved in Immunosurveillance
Researchers used large-scale population data to link lower-than-usual lung cancer risk to increased heterozygosity in the human leukocyte antigen class II region.
Bipolar Disorder Research Initiative Awards $15M for Brain Genetics, Omics Platforms
BD2, a collaboration between three family philanthropies and the Milken Institute, made the awards to two teams for large-scale sequencing and a brain atlas.
Prostate Cancer Polygenic Score Does Not Improve High-Grade Disease Prediction Over Clinical Factors
Researchers found that adding genetic risk score data did not improve their ability to predict aggressive prostate cancer cases over conventional risk stratification approaches.
Long COVID Clues Found in Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection Blood Samples
With RNA sequencing of acute infection samples from hospitalized COVID-19 patients, researchers narrowed in on expression patterns linked to disease sequalae.