An international study led by Dr. Jordi Sunyer, Head of the Child Health Programme at ISGlobal, identifies a variant of the FUT2 gene that is linked to a lower risk of diarrhoea. The results, obtained...
Read moreThe new study broadens the range of the migraine genetic landscape with the finding of around 40 genes susceptible to the disease. Furthermore, the experts identified for the first time a genetic risk...
Read moreThinking of gene loss as an evolution force is a counterintuitive idea, for it is easier to think that only when we gain something –genes in this case- can we evolve. However the new work by these a...
Read moreThe researchers were able to detect genetic variants of a newly discovered gene, known as TSPAN2, associated with the risk of atherothrombotic stroke. This gene is expressed in blood vessels and blood...
Read moreMyriad's myVision variant classification program is comprised of proprietary techniques that allow for the most accurate classification for hereditary cancer variants including: Pheno®, M-Co®, InSit...
Read moreSequentia Biotech, a company based at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), has developed the first database of non-coding RNAs in vegetal species: GreeNC. It is a repository of more than 200,000 lncRNAs ...
Read moreThe Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness recently awarded the biotech Aromics the seal of ‘Innovative SME'. The company - founded in 2005 and specialized in the application of omic sciences in t...
Read moreWhy are there genes that can only be detected in humans or chimpanzees and that cannot be found in any other species? How are new genes formed during evolution?
Read moreThe importance of this study is conditioned by the high prevalence of osteoporosis that affects 10 million Americans, their consequences are essentially different types of fractures (hip, vertebral cr...
Read moreThe Genomics, Bioinformatics and Evolution research group, in collaboration with researchers in the universities of Sussex and Edinburgh, have quantified one of the most important and hard-to-measure ...
Read moreA study published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications –led by the Centro Nacional de Analisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG), located at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), and the German Cancer R...
Read moreThe results from the report should boost our understanding of the transmission of a life-threatening parasite and may lead to the development of innovative insect control methods.
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