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The companies have agreed to combine their respective offerings into a single services package for drug target identification and validation.

Although polygenic risk scores for coronary artery disease can slightly improve standard risk assessment tools, the predicted clinical impact remains small.

While higher recurrence scores have been associated with increased mortality in women, the pattern of the association differed among male patients.

The project is part of the Human Cell Atlas, an international effort to build reference maps of all human cell types using single-cell analysis.

Hallmarks of the genetic disease, which can result in life-threatening cardiac complications, include progressive weakness and loss of heart muscle.

Researchers found that 14 percent of individuals with metastatic breast cancer had risky mutations germline mutations, including patients who did not meet testing criteria.

The program, launched last year, is designed to help early-career investigators who have primarily worked within groups pursuing independent research.