Sentences with phrase «genomewide gene studies»
«We have identified and corrected a fundamental flaw in the current genomewide gene studies,» note the authors in the April 11, 2000 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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A genetics research team at Johns Hopkins Medicine has solved a dilemma facing researchers who use genomewide association studies (GWAS) by developing a new approach that strategically «filters» which genes are worth further study.
Earlier efforts to hunt down disease - causing genes — so - called genomewide association studies — frequently came up empty - handed because medical researchers had to take cost - saving shortcuts.
Although they have not been implicated directly in pancreatic function, genomewide association studies have linked the presence of a mutation near the genes to an impaired ability to properly manage fasting blood - glucose levels.
These findings mark «the first time any novel Alzheimer's gene has been identified in genomewide studies,» says Washington University geneticist Alison Goate, one of Williams's coauthors.