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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.

Tobacco, Alcohol Use Contributors Uncovered With Multi-Ancestry GWAS

Researchers unearthed more than 3,800 tobacco or alcohol use-related variants using data for 3.4 million participants from four ancestry groups.

Penn State Portable Molecular COVID-19 Test Aims to Fill Gap Between Antigen and Molecular Tests
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The test consists of two components, a microfluidic cartridge and a handheld analyzer, and returns results in 45 minutes or less.

Penn State Licenses Genome Editing Tech to Inscripta

The new technology enables the simultaneous use of multiple guide RNAs and will be used with Inscripta's Onyx digital genome engineering platform.

MemVerge Hopes 'Big Memory Computing' Will Accelerate Bioinformatics Data Processing
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The Silicon Valley startup recently announced deals with Penn State, TGen, and Analytical Biosciences to cut computational time and improve data recovery.

Dec 7, 2020

Hundreds of Genetic Loci Influence Shape of the Human Face

Sep 15, 2020

Quadrant Biosciences Wins $2.3M NIH Grant to Develop Saliva Test for Concussion

Jul 28, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 Lineage May Go Back 'Decades' in Bats, Phylogenetic Analysis Suggests

May 19, 2020

SeqOne Looks to Support NGS-Based COVID-19 Testing to Accelerate Pandemic Screening, Tracing
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May 12, 2020

High-Throughput Diagnostic COVID-19 Sequencing Assays May Enable Large-Scale Testing
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Mar 11, 2020

In Survey, Half Say They Want to be Paid for Providing Their Own Genomic Data

Feb 15, 2019

Obesity-Related Gene Methylation Changes Connected to BMI in Healthy Adolescents

Sep 10, 2018

Noncoding Structural Variants Highlighted in Integrated Cancer Genome Analysis

Apr 10, 2018

Quadrant Biosciences Licenses SUNY, Penn State Epigenetic Biomarkers for Neuro Diseases

Jun 13, 2017

NSF Awards Grants Supporting Genomic Tool Development

Jun 1, 2017

Penn State Researchers Offering License-Free DNA Ladders for Electrophoresis Studies
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Apr 28, 2017

Penn State, Geisinger Team on New Biomedical Big Data Program

Mar 1, 2017

VISION To Use $6.1M Grant to Integrate Epigenomic Data for Blood-Based Diseases, Other Applications
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Nov 15, 2016

Ancient Indigenous Exomes Reveal History, Post-Colonization Immune Selection Shift

May 17, 2016

Giraffe, Okapi Genomes Reveal Clues to Height, Other Differences

Mar 31, 2016

NIH Funds Research to Sequence Malaria Parasite Transcriptome, Proteome

Aug 21, 2015

Former Secretary of State Advisor Speaks Out on GM Crop Safety, Necessity

Jul 2, 2015

Comparative Genomics Offers Hints to Molecular Adaptations in Woolly Mammoth Genomes

Feb 12, 2015

Penn State University Gets $209K NSF Grant to Develop Novel De Novo Assembly Software
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Jan 29, 2015

Enhanced GWAS Method IDs New Loci Associated With Response to Asthma Drugs
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UK Team Presents Genetic, Epigenetic Sequencing Method

Using enzymatic DNA preparation steps, researchers in Nature Biotechnology develop a strategy for sequencing DNA, along with 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, on existing sequencers.

DNA Biobank Developed for French Kidney Donors, Recipients

The KiT-GENIE biobank described in the European Journal of Human Genetics contains DNA samples, genotyping profiles, immune patterns, and clinical features for thousands of kidney donors or transplant recipients in Nantes, France.

Cardiometabolic Disease May Have Distinct Associations With Microbial Metabolites in Blood, Gut

By analyzing gut microbes in combination with related metabolites in feces and blood, researchers in Nature Communications found distinct cardiometabolic disease relationships at each site.

Study Reveals New Details About Genetics of Major Cause of Female Infertility

Researchers in Nature Medicine conducted a whole-exome sequencing study of mote than a thousand patients with premature ovarian insufficiency.