Month: January 2023
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The human genome needs updating. But how do we make it fair?
Healthcare’s standard genome is mostly based on one American. As we enter the era of personalised medicine, this bias has drawbacks for much of the world’s population Betsy Reed | The Guardian | January 29, 2023 In June 2000, Bill Clinton, the then US president, stood smilingly next to the leaders of the Human Genome…
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Researchers Go Beyond Gene Variant Analysis With Nascent Pangenome-Based Methods
Andrew P. Han | genomeweb | January 30, 2023 NEW YORK – Graph-based genomes, such as the one being built by the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium (HPRC), are already being used to do more than just genetic variant analysis. Read on genomeweb.
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Response to ASHG’s “Facing our History” Report: Our Commitment to Building an Equitable Future
This week, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) released a report, as part of its “Facing our History—Building an Equitable Future” initiative, that was aimed at acknowledging past injustices in the genomics community. We encourage everyone engaged in genomics research to read this report, because while parts of it are painful, we agree with…
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Researchers produce first-ever toolkit for RNA sequencing analysis using a ‘pantranscriptome’
This tool will aid researchers around the world who are working to understand gene expression through RNA sequencing analysis. The tools are publicly available and can be accessed via Github.