GenomeWeb Daily Scan

GenomeWeb blog covering editors' picks of what's worth reading on the Web.

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The new algorithm, described in this week's @PNASNews, can use ancient DNA to track the mobility of human populations in the past https://t.co/00qbkLwmax

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Researchers unravel the genetic mechanisms of fingerprint formation, reports @TheScientistLLC https://t.co/bncZJDQR61

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A Las Vegas-based team examines in @JAMANetworkOpen the effect of visitors and tourists on wastewater-based surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 https://t.co/KX8s9PwK9Z

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Amidst its ongoing war with Ukraine, Russia has increased scientific collaborations with India and China, @Nature finds https://t.co/iCUQzMlf90

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An analysis in @CurrentBiology of ancient Yersinia pestis shows that the plague-causing bacterium was introduced in waves into medieval Denmark https://t.co/5SFCRuHixR

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Moderna shells out $400 million to pay the NIH for a government funded technique it used in its COVID-19 vaccine shot, reports @nytimes https://t.co/E0znrIwiut

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. @Nature feature explores the state of research linking the brain to immune function, inflammation, and conditions ranging from heart disease to autoimmune conditions or cancer recovery https://t.co/oOxXWCt3Gg

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Researchers use single-nucleotide sequencing and mass spec to map alkylation-derived DNA adducts in a lung cancer cell line exposed to benzo(a)pyrene in @ACSCentSci https://t.co/vRT57ZHAb3

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Stanford University biochemist Paul Berg, a recombinant DNA pioneer and Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, is remembered in @nytimes https://t.co/OXlI9n0SuB

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Researchers in @alzassociation journal linked obesity-related measurements such as body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio to increased or diminished expression of 21 Alzheimer's-associated genes https://t.co/8Me7GBjp6i

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. @ScienceMagazine reports on a research team using induced pluripotent stem cells from adult bats to understand how bat species dodge diseases associated with the many viruses they carry https://t.co/wrSiI1O6gD

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Researchers develop, validate, and test a haplotype-based artificial intelligence model for identifying SARS-CoV-2 variants, mutations, and variant mixtures in @JAMANetworkOpen https://t.co/8wQbyP71aX

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A particularly deadly and dangerous version of monkeypox, or mpox, has been found in immunosuppressed individuals with advanced HIV, @guardian notes, prompting calls for increased testing https://t.co/3RG2mqQq1i

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. @voxdotcom looks at pandemic-related learning loss, children's mental health, and what comes next for children and teens who fell behind when schooling moved online https://t.co/S4gc8mfYBJ

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Using nanopore sequencing, researchers profile the germline structural variant breakpoints, unbalanced SVs, and allelic heterogeneity in several breast cancer risk genes in the @ejhg_journal https://t.co/ofam7lTRL3

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. @NPR's Goats and Soda profiles a nurse from rural Guatemala who is part of a local clinic and laboratory focused on active surveillance for emerging and established infectious diseases https://t.co/C0AMMNEkbP

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With data from hundreds of prior studies, researchers explore genetic ties between neurodevelopmental conditions and with disruptive, impulse control and conduct disorders in @NatureHumBehav https://t.co/G0fBGGw2bG

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. @guardian says University of Oxford mathematical biology professor Dame Angela McLean will become UK's first female chief scientific advisor, starting in April https://t.co/0wGinQZJuo

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Researchers in @PNASNews find two repeat-rich proteins that are sometimes expressed from the mammalian telomeric RNA TERRA, particularly when telomere problems are present https://t.co/5KpwUn3ZZA

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A previously HIV-positive patient treated with HIV-resistant donor stem cells has been free of the disease since 2018, without the need for antiretroviral therapy, @Nature reports https://t.co/oxNVj57Dfr