Indiana University
Alzheimer's Disease Study Catalogs Noncoding RNAs, Transcriptional Modifications in Brain Samples
Researchers highlighted noncoding RNAs and posttranscriptional modifications across six brain regions in 1,460 postmortem samples from individuals with or without Alzheimer's.
Colorectal Cancer Studies Show Promise of Blood-, Stool-Based Screening
Research teams explored the performance of circulating cell-free DNA and stool DNA testing to find colorectal cancer in average-risk individuals.
The test detects blood gene expression biomarkers that are predictive of high hallucination and high delusion states and future hospitalizations.
COPD Risk Loci Uncovered With GWAS, Machine Learning-Based Phenotyping
Using a machine learning model for distinguishing individuals with or without COPD, researchers identified dozens of new and known risk loci.
Male Urethral Microbiome Can Harbor Bacteria Transmitted Through Vaginal Sex
A microbiome study of urethral samples from 110 healthy men found that some reporting they had vaginal sex carried microbes associated with bacterial vaginosis.