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Drugs to Treat Smoking Addiction Suggested by Multi-Ancestry Transcriptome-Wide Association Study
The new approach, called TESLA, enables eQTL datasets to be integrated with multi-ancestry GWAS, which the researchers applied to study smoking behaviors.
Tobacco, Alcohol Use Contributors Uncovered With Multi-Ancestry GWAS
Researchers unearthed more than 3,800 tobacco or alcohol use-related variants using data for 3.4 million participants from four ancestry groups.
Non-Western Populations Underrepresented in Microbiome Databases; Partnerships Could Boost Numbers
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Recent analyses have underscored that populations outside North America and Europe are underrepresented in microbiome reference databases.
The method could be used to sequence DNA molecules that fall between short and long reads, but where high throughput and single-base accuracy are required.
Longitudinal Irritable Bowel Syndrome Omics Study Points to Possible Treatment Target
Using transcriptomic, metabolomic, metagenomic, and other data types, a team identified purine metabolism as a potential target for intervention.