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When You Got Your Period May Impact Dementia Risk, Study Finds

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

The ages at which a person starts and stops menstruating could impact their risk of developing dementia later in life, according to the largest study of its kind.

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Oxford Nanopore and UK to develop pathogen surveillance system

Pharmaceutical Technology

This initiative brings together UK Biobank, Genomics England, NHS England, and Oxford Nanopore to accelerate genomics-based research in the UK.

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Meet MILTON, AZ's AI that can predict 1,000+ diseases

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A machine-learning tool developed by AstraZeneca and trained on UK Biobank data, called MILTON, can predict over 1,000 diseases, before diagnosis

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Alnylam finds belly fat gene and drug target in UK Biobank study

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Alnylam Pharma has made a name for itself, developing gene-silencing therapies for rare disorders, but its latest discovery could take it into a much larger category – metabolic and cardiovascular disease.

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Study reveals blood proteins predict risk of developing many diverse diseases

Pharma Times

Researchers predicted the onset of 67 diseases, out-performing current standard models

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Alnylam identifies gene to lower abdominal fat and decrease cardiovascular risk

Pharmaceutical Technology

Using data from the UK Biobank database, genomic sequencing data for 360,000 individuals were obtained and the findings were confirmed in animal models that demonstrated a higher expression of the INHBE gene in obese monkeys when compared to more lean monkeys.

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Ten new genetic loci linked to osteoarthritis found

Medical Xpress

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Alabama has linked 10 genetic loci to the development of osteoarthritis. and the UK Biobank in the U.K. In their paper published in the journal Nature Genetics, the group describes their analysis of data from the Million Veteran Program in the U.S.