Uppsala University
New Mutations Identified in Common Childhood Brain Cancers Could Guide Personalized Treatments
In a study published in PNAS, Swedish researchers identified new mutations implicated in common pediatric cancers in the noncoding regions.
Ancient DNA Analysis Uncovers Middle Bronze Age Population Shift in East-Central Europe
Researchers profiled genetic patterns in 91 Bronze Age individuals from present-day Ukraine and Poland, highlighting ancestral features in patrilocal Middle Bronze Age populations.
North African Agriculture Influenced by Incoming Neolithic Populations From Europe, the Levant
Researchers linked agriculture to incoming Neolithic Europeans, while a Middle Neolithic shift to pastoralism coincided with the arrival of migrants from the Levant.
Zoonomia Consortium Digs Into 240 Mammalian Genomes for Evolutionary, Disease Insights
Researchers analyzed sequence constraints and other features in 240 placental mammal genomes to explore mammalian evolution, adaptation, and broader sequence function.
CRISPR-Cas9 Editing Can Produce Unexpected, Heritable Changes, New Study Finds
Uppsala University researchers edited and analyzed zebrafish genomes to find both structural variations and off-target editing.