Research reveals potential treatment to prevent obesity-driven liver damage eurekalert.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eurekalert.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Massively Parallel Gene Screening Tool Can Accelerate Research for Nearly Any Disease
Transformative discovery led by experts at Cincinnati Children s began with the deepest dive ever in lupus research but led to an innovation that could boost studies of heart disease, diabetes, asthma and more
News provided by
Share this article
Share this article
CINCINNATI, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Ever since the discovery of DNA, scientists have raced to understand which tiny variations among the 3 billion base pairs within the human genome are responsible for causing disease.
While many are familiar with single-gene diseases such as cystic fibrosis or sickle cell anemia, science has lacked the computer and people power to sift through a vast and expanding cloud of genetic data to tease out the patterns involved in complex conditions such as heart disease or asthma.