Kyoto University
Machine Learning Tool Uncovers Novel Endogenous Viruses in Human Genome
Researchers from Kyoto University in Japan said the newly uncovered sequences may reflect ancient viruses and give insight into viral diversity.
Coronary Artery Disease Loci Identified in Japanese GWAS, Trans-Ancestry Meta-Analysis
Researchers found ancestry-specific risk variants and developed a better polygenic risk score based on a GWAS and subsequent meta-analysis.
Cancer Driver Gene Mutations Rise with Age in Otherwise Normal Esophageal Tissue
DNA sequence data from hundreds of individuals suggest that age, smoking, and alcohol use coincide with the expansion of clones containing NOTCH1 and PPM1D mutations.
Studies Describe New Alterations in Pediatric T-Cell ALL
Independent research teams took a look at the mutations, gene fusions, and other alterations that may inform pediatric T-ALL treatment and outcome predictions.
Scientists from Kyoto University designed reagents that labeled proteins only in the presence of zinc ions for later analysis by mass spec.