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Novel software combines gene activity and tissue location to decode disease mechanisms

In disease research, it's important to know gene expression and where in a tissue the expression is happening, but marrying the two sets of information can be challenging. "Single-cell technologies, ...

A new method to decode how DNA 'switches' control gene activity

DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning ...
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deCODE genetics: A sequence variant that increases risk of pregnancy loss

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, and their collaborators from Iceland, Denmark, and the USA published a study today in Nature ...
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Scientists leverage machine learning to decode gene regulation in the developing human brain

In a scientific feat that broadens our knowledge of genetic changes that shape brain development or lead to psychiatric disorders, a team of researchers combined high-throughput experiments and ...
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deCODE genetics study highlights potential drug targets for autoimmune thyroid disease

Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, have published a study in Nature Communications, comparing over 110 thousand patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) from Iceland, Finland ...