The need for genetic variant naming standards in published abstracts of human genetic association studies by Khoury Muin J, Liu Tiebin, Wulf Anja, Ned Renée, Yu Wei, Gwinn Marta

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>We analyzed the use of RefSNP (rs) numbers to identify genetic variants in abstracts of human genetic association studies published from 2001 through 2007. …”
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The phenylalanine hydroxylase locus: A marker for the history of phenylketonuria and human genetic diversity - Discussion by Beighton, P, Weiss, K, Scriver, C, Bodmer, W, Chakravarti, A, Weatherall, D, Harper, P, Hartl, D, Kidd, K, Donnelly, P, Bertranpetit, J, Sing, C

European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) Conference, June 6–9, 2015, Glasgow, UK by Duc H Le

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An optimistic vision for biosciences in South Africa: A response to the ASSAf report on human genetics and genomics by Donrich Thaldar, Julian Kinderlerer, Sheetal Soni

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Testing the assumptions of parametric linear models: the need for biological data mining in disciplines such as human genetics by Jason H. Moore, Trudy F. C. Mackay, Scott M. Williams

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Validation of lipid-related therapeutic targets for coronary heart disease prevention using human genetics by María Gordillo-Marañón, Magdalena Zwierzyna, Pimphen Charoen, Fotios Drenos, Sandesh Chopade, Tina Shah, Jorgen Engmann, Nishi Chaturvedi, Olia Papacosta, Goya Wannamethee, Andrew Wong, Reecha Sofat, Mika Kivimaki, Jackie F. Price, Alun D. Hughes, Tom R. Gaunt, Deborah A. Lawlor, Anna Gaulton, Aroon D. Hingorani, Amand F. Schmidt, Chris Finan

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Human genetics uncovers MAP3K15 as an obesity-independent therapeutic target for diabetes by Nag, A, Dhindsa, RS, Mitchell, J, Vasavda, C, Harper, AR, Vitsios, D, Ahnmark, A, Bilican, B, Madeyski-Bengtson, K, Zarrouki, B, Zoghbi, AW, Wang, Q, Smith, KR, Alegre-Díaz, J, Kuri-Morales, P, Berumen, J, Tapia-Conyer, R, Emberson, J, Torres, JM, Collins, R, Smith, DM, Challis, B, Paul, DS, Bohlooly-Y, M, Snowden, M, Baker, D, Fritsche-Danielson, R, Pangalos, MN, Petrovski, S

Life on top-working@ the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics: Scotland Yard for DNA detectives. by Ramagopalan, S

“…The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (WTCHG) was established in 1994 to undertake research into the genetic basis of common diseases. …”

A global map of associations between types of protein posttranslational modifications and human genetic diseases by Perceval Vellosillo, Pablo Minguez

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Editorial: Non-canonical nucleic acid structures, functions and their applications for understanding human genetic diseases by Roshan Satange, Peng Jin, Ming-Hon Hou, Ming-Hon Hou, Ambadas B. Rode

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Effect of Human Genetic Variability on Gene Expression in Dorsal Root Ganglia and Association with Pain Phenotypes by Marc Parisien, Samar Khoury, Anne-Julie Chabot-Doré, Susana G. Sotocinal, Gary D. Slade, Shad B. Smith, Roger B. Fillingim, Richard Ohrbach, Joel D. Greenspan, William Maixner, Jeffrey S. Mogil, Inna Belfer, Luda Diatchenko

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Systematic screening of viral and human genetic variation identifies antiretroviral resistance and immune escape link by Huyen Nguyen, Christian Wandell Thorball, Jacques Fellay, Jürg Böni, Sabine Yerly, Matthieu Perreau, Hans H Hirsch, Katharina Kusejko, Maria Christine Thurnheer, Manuel Battegay, Matthias Cavassini, Christian R Kahlert, Enos Bernasconi, Huldrych F Günthard, Roger D Kouyos, The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

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Regulating human genetic research in Latin America: a race to the top or a race together? by Rosario Isasi

Subjects: “…Human genetics policy, ethics, governance, Latin America…”
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Leveraging type 1 diabetes human genetic and genomic data in the T1D knowledge portal. by Parul Kudtarkar, Maria C Costanzo, Ying Sun, Dongkeun Jang, Ryan Koesterer, Josyf C Mychaleckyj, Uma Nayak, Suna Onengut-Gumuscu, Stephen S Rich, Jason A Flannick, Kyle J Gaulton, Noël P Burtt

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Whole-transcriptome sequencing–based concomitant detection of viral and human genetic determinants of cutaneous lesions by Amir Hossein Saeidian, Leila Youssefian, Charles Y. Huang, Fahimeh Palizban, Mahtab Naji, Zahra Saffarian, Hamidreza Mahmoudi, Azadeh Goodarzi, Soheila Sotoudeh, Fatemeh Vahidnezhad, Maliheh Amani, Narjes Tavakoli, Ali Ajami, Samaneh Mozafarpoor, Mehrdad Teimoorian, Saeed Dorgaleleh, Sima Shokri, Mohammad Shenagari, Nima Abedi, Sirous Zeinali, Paolo Fortina, Vivien Béziat, Emmanuelle Jouanguy, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Jouni Uitto, Hassan Vahidnezhad

“…This automated, online, all-in-one computational pipeline, called VirPy, enables simultaneous detection of the viral triggers and the human genetic variants underlying skin lesions in patients with suspected IEI and viral dermatosis.…”
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Predicting signatures of "synthetic associations" and "natural associations" from empirical patterns of human genetic variation. by Diana Chang, Alon Keinan

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Functional Validation of Rare Human Genetic Variants Involved in Homologous Recombination Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. by Min-Soo Lee, Mi Yu, Kyoung-Yeon Kim, Geun-Hee Park, KyuBum Kwack, Keun P Kim

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Human Genetic Variation and Yellow Fever Mortality during 19th Century U.S. Epidemics by Lauren E. Blake, Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco

“…We propose that the remarkably lower case mortality rates for individuals of non-Caucasian ancestry is the result of human genetic variation in loci encoding innate immune mediators. …”
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Human genetic variants and age are the strongest predictors of humoral immune responses to common pathogens and vaccines by Petar Scepanovic, Cécile Alanio, Christian Hammer, Flavia Hodel, Jacob Bergstedt, Etienne Patin, Christian W. Thorball, Nimisha Chaturvedi, Bruno Charbit, Laurent Abel, Lluis Quintana-Murci, Darragh Duffy, Matthew L. Albert, Jacques Fellay, for The Milieu Intérieur Consortium

“…Current evidence suggests that human genetic variation influences (i) serum immunoglobulin levels, (ii) seroconversion rates, and (iii) intensity of antigen-specific immune responses. …”
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Corrigendum: A CRISPR New World: Attitudes in the Public toward Innovations in Human Genetic Modification by Steven M. Weisberg, Daniel Badgio, Anjan Chatterjee

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