University of Cincinnati
Preterm Birth Insights Uncovered in Gestational GWAS Meta-Analysis
Using genome-wide association meta-analyses, researchers found loci linked to preterm birth and gestational duration more broadly, including variants with maternal or fetal impacts.
Polygenic Risk Scores Provide Insights Into Drug-Related Liver Injury
Using genome-wide association study, cell line, organoid, and other data, researchers tracked down polygenic contributors to drug-induced liver injury in hepatocytes.
Lung Cancer Screening Study at UCMC to Utilize Precipio ICE-COLD PCR Tech
The university will use the technology to screen blood samples for certain clinically actionable mutations in non-small cell lung cancer patients.
Risk of Preterm Birth Linked to Rare Variants in HSPA1L
Researchers sequenced mothers who experienced preterm birth and found a possible role for steroid signaling in birth timing.
In blood samples from infected individuals, a seven-gene signature apparently distinguishes between bacterial and viral culprits, a distinction important to antibiotic use.