In the past few years,
human genetic researchers have identified thousands of Variants of Uncertain Significance (VUS), that is, genetic changes without a known understanding of how they may impact a person's health.
Through the study of a large family with TAAD features, an international team
of genetic researchers have now discovered that a mutation in the TGFB3 gene is also responsible for the condition.
Emory genetic researchers Daniel Moreno De Luca, Christa Lese Martin and David Ledbetter were part of a team that produced a landmark result in autism genetics.
«This is a crucial point
for genetic researchers, as there has been a lot of controversy in human genetics about what is called «missing heritability»,» explains Scharf.
Dubbed RNA interference (RNAi), the finding has become an extremely useful research tool, because it
allows genetic researchers to «knock - out» specific genes, observe the consequent disruptions, and so determine exactly what the gene does.
Some genetic researchers do posit genetic causality not only for psychopathic illnesses such as manic depression and schizophrenia but for morally disapproved behavior such as stealing.
A multidisciplinary team of physicians and
genetic researchers have discovered the genetic cause of a bizarre vascular disease afflicting two sisters that leads to a buildup of calcium in the arterial walls, causing joint hardening and pain.
A team including chemists, stem cell biologists,
genetic researchers and clinicians had to come together and share their expertise to get this idea off the ground.
At ASHG, we spoke to Dennis Snyder and Jarrko Huuskonen from Canon, to get an insight into what they have to offer to
genetic researchers.
Genetic researchers have made an important step towards resolving the mystery of the causes of intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD), or...
Elinor Karlsson,
a genetic researcher at the Broad Institute, who runs Darwin's Dogs among other projects, said, «People look at dogs as a something and a something.