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Multitrait analyses identify genetic variants associated with aortic valve function and aortic stenosis risk

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of deep learning-derived measurements of aortic valve function, along with multitrait analyses incorporating disease-based GWAS, identify 166 genetic loci associated with aortic valve function or aortic stenosis.

2025-12-19

Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of aortic stenosis enhance therapeutic target discovery and disease prediction

Multi-ancestry genome-wide and transcriptome-wide association studies of aortic stenosis identify more than 200 independent risk loci and provide insights into its genetic architecture.

2025-12-19

Social Genetics Shape the Rat Gut Microbiome

Diet and drugs are known drivers of the gut microbiome, but the role of host genetics has been more challenging to determine. A study in Nature...

2025-12-19

Three-Color Fluorescent Tool Tracks RNA Activity in Living Cells

Chemists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a fluorescent imaging approach that allows multiple messenger RNA molecules to be...

2025-12-19

Nucleophosmin supports WNT-driven hyperproliferation and tumor initiation

Npm1 promotes tumor formation via attenuating the integrated stress response and p53 activation in mouse WNT-driven intestinal and liver tumorigenesis.

2025-12-18

A Noncoding RNA Found to Control Cell Size

How cells maintain a consistent size has remained a basic unanswered question in biology, despite clear links between abnormal cell size and disease....

2025-12-18

Genomic Analysis Finds Shared Roots Across Psychiatric Disorders

A large-scale genetic analysis suggests that many psychiatric diagnoses rest on a smaller set of shared biological factors than clinical categories...

2025-12-12

Alcohol Consumption Patterns Show Consistent Links to Cancer Risk

Alcohol use remains common in the United States, yet its role in cancer risk is often understated in public health guidance. A new systematic review...

2025-12-12

Atomic models of the Toxoplasma cell invasion machinery

Zeng et al. applied single-particle cryo-electron microscopy to native samples isolated from the human parasite Toxoplasma gondii, determining multiple structures of key components of the conoid, a cone-shaped organelle essential for host cell invasion.

2025-12-09

UBA6 specificity for ubiquitin E2 conjugating enzymes reveals a priority mechanism of BIRC6

Riechmann et al. uncover structural features governing ubiquitin transfer from ubiquitin-activating E1 enzymes UBA1 and UBA6 to specific E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, revealing a hierarchy of E2 activity with cognate E1s.

2025-12-05