Connecting unexpected dots between cancer and diabetes
George Daley and his lab may have found a new way to connect the dots between cancer and diabetes. (michelle.gray/Flickr) Most of us think about cancer as a disease of genes gone awry – of mutations,...
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Do the cells in this blood harbor a potentially harmful gene? If the answer is yes, but the person it belongs to donated it for unrelated research, it's not yet clear when - or how - to tell them....
View ArticleGene sifting for gene snipping: GWAS as a source of gene editing targets
(Digital Storm/Shutterstock) When genome-wide association studies (GWAS) first started appearing 10 years ago, they were heralded as the answer to connecting human genetic variation to human disease....
View ArticleMaking leaps and bounds in 10 years of genome-wide association studies
A clip from a Broad Institute infographic explains what researchers look for during genome-wide association studies. Download full infographic here. Credit: Susanna Hamilton/Karen Zusi of the Broad...
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