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Decades-old work picked up by Google’s DeepMind leads to global scientific breakthroughA researcher's work from 20 years ago has helped to crack one of biology’s biggest mysteries.
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Alternative Recruitment Strategies Influence Saliva Sample Return Rates in Community-Based Genetic Association StudiesUsing data from three large-scale genetic association studies we compared recruitment strategy and sample return rates.
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A "Candidate-Interactome" Aggregate Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Data in Multiple SclerosisThe interaction between genotype and Epstein Barr virus emerges as relevant for multiple sclerosis etiology.
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New findings in the pathogenesis of otitis mediaThis study was the first to concurrently identify middle ear pathogens in both bacterial biofilm and intracellularly in the middle ear mucosa of children and to identify extensive DNA stranding in the MEF from children with AOM
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Polygenic risk of ischemic stroke is associated with cognitive abilityFindings from this study indicate that even in the absence of stroke, being at high polygenic risk of ischemic stroke is associated with lower cognitive ability
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Genome-wide association study of IgG1 responses to the choline-binding protein PspC of Streptococcus pneumoniaeDelayed development of antibodies to S. pneumoniae in infancy is associated with the development of atopy and asthma.
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First genome-wide association study in an Australian Aboriginal population provides insights into genetic risk factors for body mass index and type 2 diabetesA body mass index (BMI) >22kg/m2 is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Aboriginal Australians.
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Comparison of Methods to Account for Relatedness in Genome-Wide Association Studies with Family-Based DataHere we compare the performance of several LMM approaches (and software implementations, including EMMAX, GenABEL, FaST-LMM, Mendel, GEMMA and MMM) via their...
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Genetic and functional evidence for a locus controlling otitis media at chromosome 10q26.3Otitis media (OM) is a common childhood disease characterised by middle ear effusion and inflammation.
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Genome-wide association study of intraocular pressure identifies the GLCCI1/ICA1 region as a glaucoma susceptibility locusWe found a novel association between intraocular pressure and a common variant at 7p21 near to GLCCI1 and ICA1.