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Genome sequencing identifies variants possibly linked to childhood asthma
Bizcommunity.com Scientists at the School of Public Health's Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology used a technique that sequenced only the small fraction of the genome that codes for proteins and identified tens of thousands of variants in … |
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Knome names new CEO, moves to expand genome platform
Mass High Tech The company's new partnership with Johns Hopkins, also announced today, delves into a study of genetic factors leading to asthma in African American and African Caribbean populations. The research will look at 1000 genomes from study participants. … Knome Selected as Technology Partner by Johns Hopkins for Landmark 1000 … Knome Names New CEO, Cuts Deal With Johns Hopkins to Analyze 1000 Genomes |
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Asthma genome project focuses on African-Americans
PHG Foundation A new research project seeks to understand better the genetic variants that affect the risk of developing asthma, and particularly why African-Americans are affected more than other ethnic groups. Based at Johns Hopkins Medicine in the US, … |
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$9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support "Asthma Genome" Project with African …
Newswise (press release) Researchers say their initial goal is to find genetic variations underlying asthma and to explain why the disease disproportionately afflicts blacks. As much as 20 percent of African-Americans have asthma, a disease often associated with allergies and … |
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Genome British Columbia: Is Our Too Clean Culture Making Our Kids Sick?
Marketwire (press release) "We see auto-immune diseases like asthma and eczema increasing rapidly in North American children, but we don't see the same effect in children in the … |
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