Researchers found that hypoxia was associated with elevated genomic instability in 10 tumor types and saw widespread hypoxia-associated dysregulation of miRNAs.
NorthShore University HealthSystem is among the first of many interested in implementing genetic testing and tracking the population health impact, according to Color.
Investigators analyzed the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes and its transcriptional consequences in thousands of tumors from 33 cancer types or subtypes.
Using real-time nanopore metagenomic sequencing, researchers ruled out enhanced human-to-human transmission of Lassa virus during an outbreak in Nigeria last year.
DNA sequence data from hundreds of individuals suggest that age, smoking, and alcohol use coincide with the expansion of clones containing NOTCH1 and PPM1D mutations.
Australian researchers sequenced ancient and modern Aboriginal Australians to find long-term population continuity, which could help return remains to proper groups.
In PLOS this week: similar variants seen in bullbogs, people with Robinow syndrome; ApoE genotypes in African-American, Puerto Rican populations; and more.
According to Stat News, the partial government shutdown in the US could soon affect the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to review new drugs.
CNN reports that people's genes tend to have a greater influence on their risk of developing disease than their environment, but it varies by phenotype.
