Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD, joined several faculty members for a CWRU THINK magazine feature highlighting the cancer research underway at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Sloan’s focus is on using big data to better understand the mechanism of disease, its prevention, and treatment. “Having access to data from large sets of cancer patients beyond just your […]
People who participate in genetic research increasingly tell researchers that they want all of their genetic data back. But many of these participants do not have the data management infrastructure or analytical tools to interpret this information. And while third party companies eagerly offer to interpret results, they are unregulated and may offer incomplete or […]
Farren Briggs, PhD ScM, recently presented on the challenges of returning genetic data to individual research participants. In his presentation, Dr. Briggs cautioned his colleagues about even making the most general of assumptions regarding their research participants, including their access to the internet and computing infrastructure, and their digital literacy. This is compounded by the […]
Before becoming a member of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and attending the annual meeting, I was not all that familiar with San Diego. Sure, we had visited a time or two as kids, but geez, that was a long time ago. Now we go so often, San Diego seems like a second […]
For those of us trained in human genetics, we know that pretty much any trait or disease has a heritable component. Yet, no matter how big, we also know heritability (additive genetics) is only part of story. The environment, alone and in combination or interaction with genetics, and gene-gene interactions also affect phenotypes. It’s complex, […]
The little paper that could. What that might be? You know, that little project based on a small sample size that generated big opportunities. Ever had one of those? Well, we recently did. The “we” in this post was our MetroHealth/Institute for Computational Biology Pilot study, affectionately known as MIPs. Collaborators Drs. John Sedor and […]
An international study analyzing data from more than 94,000 people identified five new genes related to Alzheimer’s disease. The study also supports developing evidence that groups of genes associated with specific biological processes serve as genetic “hubs” that play an important role in the disease process. Funded in part by the National Institute on Aging […]
What can I say–this end-of-the-year update is extremely late. I mean, it’s February and 2019 is well underway. I blame it on the polar vortex. Actually, this was supposed to be a 2018 summer update, so it is not fair to blame the CLE winter for my tardiness. Ah, summer (Figure 1). Where did you […]
Chun Li, PhD, secures NIH grant to expand work on novel statistical methods In collaboration with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, CWRU researcher is developing techniques applied to the study of complex, chronic health conditions Cleveland, Ohio – A woman diagnosed with HIV works with her care team who consider many variables in tailoring a treatment […]