University of Lausanne
Chromosome 22 Copy Number Variants Linked to Traits in General Population
A phenome-wide association study and follow-up analyses found 17 continuous or binary traits that are associated with chromosome 22q11.2 CNVs.
Brain Metastases Analysis Points to Distinct Tumor Immune Microenvironments, Potential Treatments
Researchers conducted an immunogenomic analysis of brain metastases from individuals with primary lung or breast cancer.
Study Finds Copy Number Variant Ties to Complex Human Traits
Data for 331,522 UK Biobank participants helped link CNVs to dozens of complex human traits and uncover pleiotropic, heterogeneous, and polygenic CNV effects.
Developed by Lausanne University Hospital and presented at AMIA, the technology simulates malicious attacks on personal genomic data to risk scores for specific disclosures.
Patients with discordant p16 and HPV markers fall into an intermediate risk group, research presented at the European cancer conference suggests.