Tag: Nature Genetics

  • Nation & World

    Detecting DNA defects

    A new algorithm designed by HMS scientists can be incorporated into standard genetic tests to successfully identify patients harboring a tumor-fueling DNA repair defect found in multiple cancers treatable with existing drugs.

    7 minutes
    DNA strand and Cancer Cell
  • Nation & World

    ZIP code or genetic code?

    In the largest study of U.S. twins to date, researchers use insurance records to tease out the effects of genes and the environment in 560 diseases.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    New test helps ID those at risk for five deadly diseases

    A Harvard research team developed an analysis to measure millions of small genetic variations and calculate the risk of developing five serious common diseases: coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, Type 2 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, or breast cancer.

    6 minutes
    illustration of man with genetic lists
  • Nation & World

    New insight on height, arthritis

    New findings point to a surprising link between a genetic variant that favors shortness and an increased risk of osteoarthritis.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Following the clues

    Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston have retraced the evolution of an unusual bacterial infection as it spread among cystic fibrosis patients by sequencing scores of samples collected during the outbreak, since contained.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Major study on schizophrenia, bipolar

    Looking at large samples, an international consortium — that included involvement by scientists at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT and Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) — has identified 10 genetic risk factors that contribute to either schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and discovered strong evidence for three genes being implicated in both diseases.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    New territory

    A consortium led by scientists at the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School has constructed the world’s most detailed genetic map, built from data from 30,000 African-Americans. The researchers assert that this is the most accurate and highest resolution genetic map yet.

    5 minutes
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    Progress on obesity

    Researchers have identified 18 gene sites associated with obesity and 13 associated with body fat distribution, helping to unravel the riddle of obesity.

    5 minutes