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Yale School of Public Health Nabs FDA EUA for COVID-19 At-Home Saliva Collection Kit, Test

The extraction-free SalivaDirect test originally received Emergency Use Authorization from the agency last year.

Large-Scale Depression Genetic Study Uncovers Additional Risk Loci, Ties to Potential Drugs

The analysis drew upon data from the Million Veteran Program and other large-scale efforts and underscores the genetic complexity of depression.

Color Health, Yale Get FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Coronavirus Sample Collection Kits

The kits are designed for the self-collection of anterior nasal swab or saliva specimens by adults for use with SARS-CoV-2 tests.

Uterine Leiomyosarcoma Sequences Point to Potentially Targetable Somatic Mutations

Using genome, exome, or transcriptome sequences from dozens of uterine leiomyosarcoma samples, researchers found alterations that may respond to existing targetable treatments.

Finnish Cardiometabolic Study Uncovers Strong Effect of Structural Variants

Along with SNP associations, Finnish genome sequences revealed structural variants with strong effects on cardiovascular or metabolic traits.

Nov 17, 2020

New NGS-Based Tissue Analysis Method Offers Spatial Detail on Transcriptome, Proteins
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Nov 16, 2020

Tempus, Yale School of Public Health Partner to Update Saliva-Based Coronavirus Test

Nov 12, 2020

Masking Variants Can Protect Genetic Privacy While Enabling Data Sharing

Oct 29, 2020

COVID-19 Human Genetic Studies Presented at ASHG Point to Disease Susceptibility, Severity Loci

Oct 19, 2020

Congenital Hydrocephalus Exome Study Reveals Mutations in Early Brain Development Genes

Oct 2, 2020

Natera Molecular Residual Disease Test to be Used in Breast Cancer Trial of Ibrance

Sep 18, 2020

T Cell Gene Expression In Multiple Sclerosis CSF Reflects Elevated Activation, Cytotoxicity

Aug 17, 2020

Yale Extraction-Free SARS-CoV-2 Saliva Test Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Jul 31, 2020

Frequent COVID-19 Testing May Enable Campus Reopenings But Logistics Are Challenging, Model Says

Jul 29, 2020

Saliva Samples Slow to Catch On for Large-Scale Coronavirus Testing
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Jul 1, 2020

Yale, NBA Validating RNA Extraction-Free Saliva Test for Coronavirus
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May 26, 2020

Alcohol Abuse Genetic Study Implicates Additional Variants in Risk of Problem Drinking

Apr 29, 2020

COVID-19 Testing Could Get Boost From Alternative Sample Types
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Apr 23, 2020

Elysium Health Licenses DNA Methylation Biomarkers From Yale University

Apr 23, 2020

Veracyte Licenses Lung Disease Genomic Classifier From Yale University

Apr 17, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Epidemiology Suggests Reintroductions, Domestic Spread in China, US

Apr 8, 2020

Researchers Develop Resource for Paired WGS, RNA-Seq Data of Prefrontal Cortex

Apr 1, 2020

Yale New Haven Hospital Clinical Virology Lab Gets FDA EUA for Coronavirus Test

Mar 9, 2020

Invicro, Yale Partner to Advance Biomarker Detection Tech

Feb 20, 2020

Pan-Cancer Analysis Points to Possible Functional Effects of Passenger Mutations

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More Boosters for US

Following US Food and Drug Administration authorization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed booster doses of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, the Washington Post writes.

From a Pig

A genetically modified pig kidney was transplanted into a human without triggering an immune response, Reuters reports.

For Privacy's Sake

Wired reports that more US states are passing genetic privacy laws.

Science Paper on How Poaching Drove Evolution in African Elephants

In Science this week: poaching has led to the rapid evolution of tuskless African elephants.