Researchers used brain expression data from mice with well-documented sleep traits to identify gene networks that overlap with those in human depression.
The research team has founded a startup called Ampera Life to commercialize the technology to detect genetic mutations and infectious agents in patients.
The collaborators aim to show that Cytox' VariaTect SNP profiling array and an associated algorithm can effectively predict the presence of Alzheimer's pathology.
Noninvasive prenatal screening for trisomies and sub-chromosomal alterations uncovered a fragile site expansion and related deletion present in mothers but not fetuses.
A Johns Hopkins team reported its finding in JAMA Cardiology, backed by SNP array data from 21,870 participants culled from several large cardiovascular studies.
