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Explore how polygenic risk scores can be used to predict an individual’s risk of complex disease. Geneticist Gerome Breen and Professor of Statistical Genetics Cathryn Lewis of King's College, London,...
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In the first chapter of the series, Naomi Wray, Professor of Psychiatric and Quantitative Genetics at the University of Queensland, Gerome Breen, a geneticist at the Social Development and Psychiatry...
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In the final chapter of the PRS series, learn more about future uses for polygenic risk scores, from stratifying populations and targeting high-risk individuals to early intervention and preventative...
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The mysteries hidden within ancient DNA may harness the answers to today’s mental health epidemic. A renowned evolutionary geneticist, Eske Willerslev, is determined to decode the genetic origins and...
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Hear from William Lee, Vice President of Bioinformatics at Helix and Jessica Gordon, Director of Software Engineering at Illumina as they explain how Helix was able to scale rapidly into one of the...
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Dr. Martin Chavez, Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Winthrop University Hospital discusses why he recommends noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). He notes that its accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity...
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Massively parallel sequencing (MPS) has become increasingly popular among forensic genomics laboratories. However, there are some challenges to implementation. Experts in the field of forensic genomics...
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Dr Fernando Garcia, Professor of genomics at Sao Paulo State University, discusses the significance of building a reference genome for Bos indicus Nelore cattle. Garcia shares the role next-generation...