Category: health news
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NIH grant funds collaborative research on protein-RNA interactions in cancer
August 03, 2021 | Tim Stephens | UCSC Jeremy Sanford, professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UC Santa Cruz, has received major funding from the National Cancer Institute for research on the role of protein-RNA interactions in cancer. Sanford and Dr. Dinesh Rao at UCLA are co-principal investigators on the grant, which will…
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UC Santa Cruz teams up, pools data to fight stomach cancer
The new genetic variant exchange aims to advance science and patient survival by combining vast amounts of gene variant data with corresponding clinical data. UCSC | November 24, 2020 Coinciding with Stomach Cancer Awareness Month in November, the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute is teaming up with the patient advocacy nonprofit No Stomach For Cancer…
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Comprehensive Analysis of Genetic Ancestry and Its Molecular Correlates in Cancer
Highlights This large analysis identified ancestry correlates in cancer Ancestry-associated artifacts and confounders were identified Ancestry effects are profoundly tissue specific Rates of FBXW7, VHL, and PBRM1 mutations and immune activity vary by ancestry Summary We evaluated ancestry effects on mutation rates, DNA methylation, and mRNA and miRNA expression among 10,678 patients across 33 cancer…
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A team of scientists examined more than 2,600 cancer genomes. Here’s what they found.
A team of international clinicians and scientists on Wednesday published findings from a comprehensive review of more than 2,600 cancer genomes, which observers say could further pave the way for clinicians to prescribe precise treatments to cancer patients based on their genes.
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Josh Stuart and PanCancer on BBC
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and Baskin School of Engineering’s Josh Stuart talks to BBC Radio about his involvement and the importance of the PanCancer research project–the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p082hj1l at 12:04-15:18 #PCAWG
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Unprecedented study yields most comprehensive map of cancer genomes to date
Pan-Cancer Project discovers causes of previously unexplained cancers, pin-points cancer-causing events, and zeros in on mechanisms of development February 05, 2020 | UCSC | Tim Stephens An international team including researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute has completed the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date, significantly improving our fundamental understanding of cancer…
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New App Co-Created at UC Santa Cruz Helps Track Variants that Increase Cancer Risk
SANTA CRUZ, CA – January 8, 2019 – The BRCA Exchange, the largest public source for information on BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants, has just launched a new app designed to allow users to easily follow breast cancer variants on their smartphones. The app is available for IOS and Android, and allows users to sign up to…
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UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute helps develop BRCA Exchange to inform understanding of cancer risk by aggregating data on thousands of BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants
UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute helps develop BRCA Exchange to inform understanding of cancer risk by aggregating data on thousands of BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants SANTA CRUZ, CA – January 8, 2019 Researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute have helped develop a global resource that includes data on thousands of inherited variants in…
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UC Santa Cruz Research Signals Arrival of a Complete Human Genome
New era exposes obscured gaps in our genetic maps critical to human health SANTA CRUZ, CA – March 19, 2018 – It’s been nearly two decades since a UC Santa Cruz research team announced that they had assembled and posted the first human genome sequence on the internet. Despite the passage of time, enormous gaps…
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California Awards UCSC Precision Medicine Funds for Childhood Cancer Research
UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Treehouse Initiative Targets Cancer Using Computers SANTA CRUZ, CA – January 8 , 2018 – The California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM) has awarded the Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative of the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute a follow-on California state grant worth $500,000. This award has been granted as…
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Conferences explore genomic science – from biodiversity to biomedicine
For the first time, the Earlham Institute will host the Genome 10K (G10K) and the Genome Science conferences, simultaneously. This dual event, organized by EI’s Director of Science and council member of Genome 10k Prof Federica Di Palma, will bring together comparative and conservation genomics, with technological advances and innovative applications of genomics and computational…