Using pilot data from the GenomeAsia 100K Consortium, researchers searched for long, diverged haplotypes indicative of admixture between modern and archaic humans.
A CFTR gene mutation found in 90 percent of US cystic fibrosis patients was only present in a third of Puerto Rican and 10 percent of Dominican patients.
OncoCyte provided additional details about the history of the Razor test, its timeline for making it commercially available, and plans for a follow-on study.
The $10 million initiative will include scientists from the University of California's campuses, as well as from governmental and nongovernmental organizations.
