A study by Korean and U.S. geneticists has demonstrated that the newly developed Gene set analysis Association Using Sparse Signals (GAUSS) is more powerful than existing methods for detecting phenotype-associated gene sets and facilitating interpretation of gene set analysis results.
LONDON – The alchemy of induced pluripotent cells has broken another barrier, delivering a model of the earliest preimplantation stages of human development, when fertilized eggs form a blastocyst.
A large-scale metabolomics study of blood samples from 11,000 people has identified common biological links among a number of chronic non-communicable diseases, opening up the possibility of countering multiple diseases simultaneously.