Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have just developed a framework to understand how whole genome sequence (WGS) data can be analyzed to identify genetic variations that raise or lower risk of disease. The findings from this new study were published recently in the American…

Nonprofit genomic analysis organization the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and California-based City of Hope have announced a collaboration to apply genomic research toward clinical practice through a partnership in which TGen will become a City of Hope subsidiary. The partnership aims to combine TGen’s expertise in genomic analysis and…

Understanding how the gut microbiome is established and by what means the combination of microbes in individual children may contribute to the risk of developing conditions like type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease is key to overall developmental health. Now, a research team led by investigators at Massachusetts General…

When Lorraine Potocki, M.D., attended medical school in the 1980s she didn’t have exposure to a genetics class. Dr. Potocki, a professor at Houston, TX-based Baylor College of Medicine’s department of Molecular and Human Genetics, wasn’t even aware that there were training programs in genetics until her residency was well…