Leiden University

Researchers found methylation mediators of obesity and other metabolic features by profiling individuals born after a famine called the Dutch Hunger Winter.

One group pointed out differences between study group characteristics, while the other wondered about the role of patient preference.

Through exome and targeted sequencing, researchers identified de novo mutations in at least two genes involved in a condition called Möbius syndrome.

Three individuals in a 17th century burial carried genetic signatures associated with Bantu- and non-Bantu speaking populations in parts of Cameroon, Nigeria, and Ghana.