Genetic Research
News on genome-wide association studies, genotyping, metagenomics, basic research in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
HudsonAlpha Researchers Nab $2.9M NIH Grant to Help Solve Rare Diseases With Long-Read Sequencing
The institute's researchers will use long-read sequencing to reanalyze the genomes of more than 500 child patients with unsolved rare diseases.
PacBio Partners With Singapore's Precision Medicine Program for Population Genomics Research
The partners will analyze thousands of samples using HiFi whole-genome sequencing to propel the understanding of Singapore's genomics architecture.
Singapore’s Precision Medicine Program to Analyze 10K Genomes With Nanopore Sequencing
The project will use Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ PromethIon 48 device to sequence 10,000 genomes representing Singapore’s diverse populations.
Project Africa GRADIENT aims to gather and analyze pharmacogenetic data specific to African populations with funding from Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline.
BePRECISE Consortium Publishes Checklist for Reporting Precision Medicine Research Findings
The group published a 23-item checklist of topics that investigators should include in their papers to enable cross-study comparisons and address health equity.