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New approach to diagnosing genetic diseases using RNA sequencing increases yield

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In the world of rare genetic diseases, exome and genome sequencing are two powerful tools used to make a diagnosis. A recent addition to the toolkit, RNA sequencing, has been demonstrated to help researchers narrow down disease candidate variants identified first on exome and genome sequencing.

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Genetic profiling of Lyme disease could bring new therapeutic targetsĀ 

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The findings, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine , may also lead to new therapeutic targets. The study is the first to use transcriptomics as a blood test to measure RNA levels in patients with long-term Lyme disease. .

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Sensyne, Oxford University deploy AI to find asthma targets

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The three-year project ā€“ led by respiratory medicine expert Dr Timothy Hinks from the Oxford University Respiratory Medicine Unit ā€“ will use whole-genome sequencing of around 500 patients with severe asthma, comparing their gene sequences with control subjects who don’t have asthma.

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U-M RNA scientists identify many genes involved in neuron development

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Credit: Nigel Michki Neurons result from a highly complex and unique series of cell divisions. For example, in fruit flies, the process starts with stem cells that divide into mother cells (progenitor cells), that then divide into precursor cells that eventually become neurons.

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To splice or not to spliceā€¦

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Credit: Elisabeth Paymal To splice or not to splice… In an article published in the journal RNA, Karan Bedi, a bioinformatician in Mats Ljungman’s lab, Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School, investigated the efficiency of splicing across different human cell types.

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Breaking COVID-19ā€™s ā€˜clutchā€™ to stop its spread

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Researchers engineer RNA-targeting compounds that disable the pandemic coronavirus’ replication engine Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, FL – Sept.

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The microbiome in precision medicine

Drug Discovery World

An industry overview of the role of the microbiome in precision medicine, and its interplay with research tools, diagnostics, and therapeutic development. But what advancements are taking place within microbiome-based precision medicine and how is it being used within oncology?