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Did this gene give modern human brains their edge?

A mutation present in modern humans seems to drive greater neuron growth than does an ancient hominin version.

Sep 8, 2022

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Genetic background associated with physically active lifestyle

Researchers have identified DNA regions that are associated with physical activity or leisure screen time. The findings confirm that physical activity is beneficial for health and suggest that a more sedentary lifestyle can be explained by how muscles respond to exercise.

Sep 7, 2022

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Could a national livestock gene bank future-proof endangered farm animals?

Calls for a livestock gene bank to be created in Australia

Sep 7, 2022

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4 agile ways policy-makers can advance precision medicine

How agile governance can help promote innovation in precision medicine while protecting the public from unintended consequences.

Mar 7, 2022

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AI-Designed Protein Able To Awaken Dormant Genes

By combining CRISPR technology with a protein designed with artificial intelligence, it is possible to awaken individual dormant genes by disabling the chemical "off switches" that silence them.

Mar 7, 2022

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Explaining AI's role in precision medicine

Adding Artificial Intelligence research to precision medicine is the future – but any collaboration between AI researchers and clinicians must include "the human factor"

Feb 23, 2022

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Simple DNA test could detect common neurological disorders, study says

The new test utilises an algorithm that can spot repetitive elements in whole genome sequences, by comparing those from healthy people with those affected by repeat expansion disorders

Feb 17, 2022

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Researchers Manipulate Capsule-Like DNA Structures

Biophysicists in Japan have found ways to make and manipulate capsule-like DNA structures that could be used in the development of artificial molecular systems.

Dec 14, 2021

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CRISPR-Based Gene Editing Technique Can Insert Entire Genes Into Cells

Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a new version of prime editing that can install or swap out gene-sized DNA sequences. First developed in 2019, prime editing is a precise method of making a wide diversity of gene edits in human cells, including small substitutions, insertions, and deletions.

Dec 13, 2021

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Intersectionality and reflexivity—decolonizing methodologies for the data science process

Using intersectionality as a methodology illuminated the shortcomings of the data science process when analyzing the viral #metoo movement

Dec 10, 2021

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Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence for Diagnosis From Predicting Diagnostic Labels to “Wayfinding”

Improving the diagnostic process is a quality and safety priority. With the digitization of health records and rapid expansion of health data, the cognitive demand on the diagnostician has increased.

Dec 9, 2021

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AI-Based MuSIC Reveals Previously Unknown Cell Components

UC San Diego researchers introduce Multi-Scale Integrated Cell (MuSIC), a technique that combines microscopy, biochemistry and artificial intelligence, revealing previously unknown cell components that may provide new clues to human development and disease.

Nov 29, 2021

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Genetic ancestry can explain population-level differences in immune response to the flu virus

A new study aimed at explaining different responses to viral epidemics reveals that ancestry and associated genetic variation can explain population-level differences in the immune response to the flu virus and perhaps also to COVID-19.

Nov 26, 2021

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Whole genome sequencing could save NHS millions of pounds, study suggests

Genomics England and NHS England findings highlight the benefits of using Whole Genome Sequencing to help detect rare diseases

Nov 11, 2021

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AI Tool Eve Accurately Predicts Disease Relevance of Human Genetic Variants

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Oxford University have now developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool called EVE (evolutionary model of variant effect), which uses a sophisticated type of machine learning to detect patterns of genetic variation across hundreds of thousands of nonhuman species and then use them to make predictions about the meaning of variations in human genes.

Oct 28, 2021

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The Untold Story of the Contraceptive Pill

Frustrated by a lack of information around birth control, Alice Pelton founded The Lowdown, a review platform and resource for contraception that’s run by women, for women.

Oct 27, 2021

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch

Oct 4, 2021

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How Genetic Testing Will Create Personalized Therapeutics for Rare Diseases

Genetic sequencing is becoming the catalyst for a new area of patients no longer interested in a “cookie cutter” diagnosis.

Sep 28, 2021