With available brain data, researchers came up with expression prediction models for finding new schizophrenia-related genes in a larger case-control set.
The Personal Genome Sequencing Outcomes (PeopleSeq) Consortium surveyed more than 500 early adopters who underwent personal genome or exome sequencing.
Researchers from the Genetics Investigation of Anthropometric Traits consortium tied loci in lipid homeostasis and other pathways to differences in waist-to-hip ratio.
The researchers will combine genomic analysis with environmental and mobile device data from 1,200 participants to try to better understand the disease.
The program will be led by computational scientist Adam Margolin and focus on integrating large-scale data analysis and genomic technologies to speed drug discoveries.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have treated infants with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency using gene therapy in an early phase study.
In Nature this week: a genomic analysis of the snailfish Pseudoliparis swirei, ancient DNA analysis gives insight into the introduction of farming to England, and more.
