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Next-Gen Sequencing Helps Tie Differences in Sequence Changes to Physics of DNA, Protein Binding
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Two methods published simultaneously in Science use the Illumina MiSeq instrument to help increase the throughput of single-molecule biophysics studies.
Colorectal Cancer Subgroups, Prognostic Insights Emerge From New Omics Studies
Two research teams identified driver genes, mutations, and pathways involved in colorectal cancer along with new subgroups, mutational signatures, and prognostic insights.
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.