University of Oxford
Type 2 Diabetes Multi-Ancestry GWAS Enables Risk Prediction Across Populations
With data for more than 180,800 cases and some 1.2 million controls, researchers found hundreds of genetic risk loci and developed multi-ancestry risk scores.
Elysium Health, University of Oxford Partner for Childhood Growth, Neurodevelopment Study
The New York-based aging research company will analyze DNA methylation patterns in 2,500 umbilical cord blood samples for the global Interbio-21st study.
Comprehensive Genealogy Spanning Modern, Ancient Humans Emerges from Large-Scale Genomic Analysis
Using a non-parametric tree-recording approach, researchers established a "genealogy of everyone" that is expected to inform human evolutionary studies.
HIV Sequencing Study in Netherlands Uncovers Virulent Variant Mutations, History
Along with analyses focused on de novo mutations contributing to virulence and transmissibility, researchers traced the HIV-1 VB variant back to at least the early 1990s.
Protective Effect of Human Sickle Hemoglobin Against Malaria Varies with Parasite Genotype
A joint analysis of host and parasite genetic variation found that children with an HbS genotype had malaria caused by a parasite with three particular genetic variants.