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RT @CellPressNews: Award-winning @HGGAdvances author Charleston W. K. Chiang, PhD, talks about their positive experience of publishing in H….
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📣New from Ratajczak et al!.📄Exploring the omnigenic architecture of selected complex traits.
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Core genes identified for ulcerative colitis, coronary artery disease, and other traits by a multi-modal graph machine-learning pipeline are expressed in disease-relevant tissues. Core genes demons...
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RT @GeneticsSociety: .@CharlestonCWKC & colleagues introduce the ancestry-specific expected genetic relationship matrix (as-eGRM), an analy….
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📣Online now from @lorin_crawford & co!.📄Sparse modeling of interactions enables fast detection of genome-wide epistasis in biobank-scale studies.
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The sparse marginal epistasis test overcomes computational limitations of previous mapping approaches by focusing its epistatic search to regions of the genome that have some known functional...
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📣New from Bose et al!.📄Rare-variant association studies: When are aggregation tests more powerful than single-variant tests?.
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Aggregation tests were developed to increase power to detect associations with rare variants. Bose et al. investigate a range of genetic models and sample sizes and demonstrate how sample size ×...
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RT @PennMedCSO: New research out in @AJHGNews suggests that the implementation of genetic testing in critically ill adults has the potentia….
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📣New from @alexisjbattle & co!.📄Sparse matrix factorization robust to sample sharing across GWASs reveals interpretable genetic components.
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We developed a computational method to identify genetic pathways shared among complex traits that applies matrix factorization to decompose genetic associations across hundreds of phenotypes. Our...
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📢Online now from @egatkinson & co!.📄Implementing a training resource for large-scale genomic data analysis in the All of Us Researcher Workbench 🧑💻 .
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Baker et al. present a cloud-based training program using the All of Us Researcher Workbench to teach large-scale genomic data analysis. Early-career researchers gained hands-on experience in GWASs,...
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RT @Info_Rares: 🧬 Exome sequencing in critically ill adults (18–40) yields a 24% Dx rate — but reveals racial disparities in access. Equity….
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In ICU-admitted adults 18–40 years old, exome sequencing, a broad genetic test examining all protein-coding genes, reveals a diagnosis in 24.4% of patients and significant race-based disparities....
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RT @flora_peyvandi: Extracting and calibrating evidence of variant pathogenicity from population #biobank data: 12.4% of rare VUSs in LDLR….
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This study leverages biobank data to identify rare coding variants that increase risk across 41 genes linked to 18 clinically actionable conditions. By calibrating this population enrichment within...
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📣New from Sutoh et al!.📄Genetic predisposition for immunoglobulin E production explains atopic risk in children: Tohoku Medical Megabank cohort study.
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We report that genetic predisposition influencing serum immunoglobulin E (sIgE) levels is associated with the development of allergies in children, including food allergy and atopic dermatitis....
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📣New from Tang & @CharlestonCWKC!.📄A genealogy-based approach for revealing ancestry-specific structures in admixed populations.
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We present a method that combines inferred gene genealogical trees with local ancestry calls to estimate ancestry-specific expected genetic relationship matrix (as-eGRM) for admixed populations....
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📣New Perspective from Kym Boycott & co!.📄The evolution of health data ecosystems: An international survey ⚕️.
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We report on an international survey of health data ecosystems (HDEs) based on live interviews with project leaders in a dozen countries. The remarkable diversity of HDEs works against collective...
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RT @GeneticsSociety: The HLA region is key to human health, but is often excluded in large-scale GWAS. Informing future studies on its infl….
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RT @doctorveera: Most studies on clinical utility of exome sequencing in intensive care focussed on pediatric patients. In a new study in….
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📣New from Chang et al!.📄A calcium-sensing receptor allelic series and underdiagnosis of genetically driven hypocalcemia.
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We examined variants of CASR associated with autosomal-dominant hypocalcemia type 1 (ADH1) and created a score to identify 9 additional variants. The symptom burden of ADH1 was ≥2-fold higher than...
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RT @TDrivas: Thrilled to share that our latest study on genetic testing in critically ill adults at @PennMedicine is now published in The A….
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