Researchers have discovered 275 million new genetic variants from data shared by 250,000 participants of All of us Research Programme of NIH. This vast unexplored data will help better understand influence of Erfðafræði on health and disease.
Researchers have identified over 275 million new erfðaefni afbrigði from data shared by about 250,000 participants of Við öll Research Programme of National Institute of Health (NIH) of the USA. These afbrigði were previously unreported and unexplored. Of the 275 million newly identified afbrigði, nearly 4 million are in areas that may be associated with the disease risks.
Interestingly, nearly half of the genomic data are from participants with non-European erfðaefni background. This addresses a major diversity related limitation of other large genomic studies which had over 90% participants with European erfðaefni uppruna.
Nýji erfðaefni gögn eru gerð aðgengileg skráðum vísindamönnum í Rannsóknarvinnubekkur. Margir vísindamenn nota gagnasafnið.
Study of these hitherto unexplored erfðaefni afbrigði should contribute to understanding influences of Erfðafræði on health and disease especially in under-studied communities with non-European ancestry.
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NIH. News releases- 275 million new erfðaefni variants identified in NIH precision medicine data. Posted 19 February 2024.Availalble at https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/275-million-new-genetic-variants-identified-nih-precision-medicine-data
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