A female mummy showing anatomical signs of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease was found to carry risky versions of seven heart disease-related SNPs.
Using a combination of genome-wide association and expression quantitative trait loci approaches, investigators uncovered shared and population-specific thyroid cancer risk loci.
The researchers have generated the most contiguous de novo assembly of a human genome to date and plan to use it as a reference for population sequencing projects.
Researchers detected mutations suspected of decreasing human cell binding when they sequenced several MERS-CoV isolates from last year's outbreak in South Korea.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The Institut Pasteur de Montevideo in Uruguay, Seoul National University, and Macrogen have launched the Urugenomes Project. The goal is to discover the genetic basis of different diseases in Uruguay as well as spur genetics research growth in Uruguay.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – DNA Link, a Korean provider of microarrays for forensic analysis, has partnered with researchers at Seoul National University to identify the victims of a massacre that took place more than 60 years ago.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – A Nature Genetics study spelled out the spicy findings from a genome sequencing and analysis study of the hot pepper, Capsicum annuum.
Using NanoString's nCounter technology, researchers from Pfizer and Seoul National University have developed an ALK test they hope will be as accurate as the gold standard fluorescence in situ hybridization test for identifying patients who could benefit from Pfizer's Xa
