Victoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈOct 29, 2024

Ancient gene influences immunity of First Nations Peoples of Oceania
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241029120655.htm

* may make First Nations inhabitants of Oceania susceptible to infectious diseases like influenza
* 30% those individuals carry allele: ~5M people

An archaic HLA class I receptor allele diversifies natural killer cell-driven immunity in First Nations peoples of Oceania
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)01153-X

#genomics #genetics #FunctionalGenetics #ArchaicGenes #Oceania #evolution #GeneVariants #immunology #immunity

Ancient gene influences immunity of First Nations Peoples of Oceania

An ancient gene mutation among First Nations inhabitants of Oceania may make them more susceptible to infectious diseases like influenza, according to a new study.

ScienceDaily
Alan KotokOct 2, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of a genetic test for detecting hundreds of gene variants associated with a higher risk of developing certain cancers.

https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=45284

#News #Press #Science #Business #Cancer #Risk #Assessment #Genetics #FDA #GeneVariants #MedicalDevice #Authorization #Clearance #DeNovo #Regulations

FDA Clears Genetic Cancer Risk Detection Test

The Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of a genetic test for detecting hundreds of gene variants associated with a higher risk of developing certain cancers.

Science and Enterprise
Show threadVictoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈJun 19, 2023

... Throughput is sufficiently high that HiDiver is being used in quantitative studies of the impact of gene variants and aging on mouse brain cytoarchitecture and connectomics.

#DiffusionTensorImages #connectome #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #UniversityOfOxford #GeneVariants #aging #ageing #Mouse Brain #cytoarchitecture #connectomics #HiDiver