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Study Traces Maternal Impacts on Developing Infant Gut Microbe, Metabolite Features
Researchers identified horizontal gene transfer between maternal and infant microbiomes, as well as other factors contributing to infant gut microbiome development.
Colorectal Cancer Lines Characterized With Top-Down Proteomics Approaches
Using several mass spec-based methods, researchers profiled protein and proteoform patterns in non-metastatic and metastatic colorectal cancer cell lines.
Metabolomic Study Links 13 Metabolites to Coronary Heart Disease Risk Among African Americans
Some of the metabolites linked to coronary heart disease risk among African Americans overlapped with those found among white cohorts, but others were novel.
Alzheimer's Disease-Related Proteins Picked up in Proteome-Wide Association Study
Starting with a search for genetic factors linked to brain protein levels, investigators identified 11 candidate genes that may be causal in Alzheimer's disease.
Last week's SynBioBeta conference was indicative of the high degree of interest in the synthetic bio space from omics research tool vendors.