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George Washington Family Members Identified in DNA Analysis of Remains From Unmarked Graves
Using targeted sequencing and extended kinship analyses, researchers identified samples from mid-1800s sites where Washington's great-nephews and other family members were buried.
Qiagen, Penn State Form Strategic Alliance for Microbiome Research, Training
As part of the three-year partnership, Qiagen will provide Penn State's One Health Microbiome Center with instruments, reagents, and internship opportunities for students.
Investigational Cancer Drug Deemed Highly Mutagenic in Cell Line Sequencing Study
Using whole-genome sequencing on drug-exposed cell lines, researchers saw high mutation rates in control cell lines intermittently treated with a compound called CX-5461.
In Brief This Week: Ginkgo Bioworks, Cordance Medical, Nucleix, Yale, ERS Genomics, Caris, More
News items for the week of Oct. 23, 2023
Drugs to Treat Smoking Addiction Suggested by Multi-Ancestry Transcriptome-Wide Association Study
The new approach, called TESLA, enables eQTL datasets to be integrated with multi-ancestry GWAS, which the researchers applied to study smoking behaviors.