University of Chicago
Though more data is needed, the Center for Personalized Therapeutics is building the infrastructure for greater pharmacogenomic testing in the future.
Studies Assess Tumor Aneuploidy to Guide Immunotherapy Treatment
Results from two new studies suggest that tumor aneuploidy can provide an additional layer of information to help predict response to checkpoint blockade immunotherapy.
Data from several presentations at the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting demonstrated the benefits of using diverse ancestries in human genetic studies.
Black Death Sequencing Study Reveals Impacts on Human Immune Evolution, Autoimmune Disease
Researchers profiled DNA sequences in hundreds of ancient Europeans to find immune gene- and autoimmune disease-related variants under selection during the plague pandemic.
Octopus, Squid Genome Assemblies Reveal Hallmarks of Cephalopod Evolution
Researchers detected genome shuffling, gene expansions, and RNA editing changes in the cephalopod lineage using genome assemblies for three representatives.