In a study published in the journal Infection, Genetics and Evolution, scientists analyzed genetic variants from publicly available datasets including the 1000 Genomes Project to determine whether differences in genetic variation across populations may account for the observation that certain populations and ethnic groups are disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
read moreCoriell is a proud partner of the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium. A major goal of the project is to create a genome reference that is representative of human genetic diversity.
read moreIn a study published in the journal Nature, scientists from the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD) Consortium generated a reference map of structural variants from over 14,800 human genome sequences representing diverse global populations.
read moreNHGRI Repository catalog users now have a new tool to identify cell lines and DNA needed for their research. SNP Search allows users to search for a specific genetic variant among Coriell-housed samples that were included in the Phase 3 1000 Genomes Project whole genome sequencing dataset (see more details here).
read moreIn a study published in the journal Cell, scientists from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium analyzed genetic data from over 600,000 people to see if they could identify genetic variants that increase the risk for one or more psychiatric disorders to study how the variants may contribute to a broad spectrum of mental health disorders.
read moreIn a study published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists studied the genomes of more than 9,700 children with severe undiagnosed developmental disorders to search for genetic changes that may lead to disorders such as autism, epilepsy, intellectual disabilities and heart defects.
read moreNew grants from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will enable scientists to generate and maintain a new and comprehensive human genome reference sequence that represents genetic diversity in the human population.
read moreIn a recent report published in eLIFE, researchers examined genetic variants in the CHC22 protein responsible for regulating blood sugar levels in our bodies.
read moreAn important milestone has been reached for the 1000 Genomes project – some of the samples that were collected have been re-sequenced to improve the quality and sequencing depth of the data.
read moreResearchers conduct a study to examine why Caucasians are developing esophageal adenocarcinoma at a much higher rate than African Americans. The study suggests a duplication within a portion of the genome may be the cause.
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