21 July 2022 – Blockchain is a digital technology that allows a secure and decentralized record of transactions that is increasingly used for everything from cryptocurrencies to artwork. But blockchain also is entering or is increasingly used in any environment, …

Blockchain: Genomics instead of bitcoins Read more »

March 05, 2020 – Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a type of chronic scarring lung disease characterized by a progressive and irreversible decline in lung function. Symptoms typically include gradual onset of shortness of breath and a dry cough. Other …

Three idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)-associated genes newly identified Read more »

January 26, 2020 – Common belief holds that differences in genes (i.e., allelic variants) in combination with differing frequencies of such allelic variants in populations of different ethnic background may explain the differences in the frequency and/or severity of overt …

Degree of African ancestry may influence gene expression levels Read more »

June 25, 2019 – The global obesity epidemic is so far-reaching it now has an overarching name: globesity (obviously derived from global obesity).  Very interesting questions arise in this context such as are there glocalized (global and or local) factors …

Genetic aspects of globesity: Glocalized or not? Read more »

May 10, 2018 – A seemingly higher incidence of prostate cancer and resulting fatalities in African-American men than in European-Amcerican men has been noted for quite some time. New research published in Molecular Oncology may help explain why African American …

Ethnic disparities in the occurrence of prostate cancer Read more »

February 17, 2018 – In a new study, published in JAMA Oncology online on February 15, 2018, a comparison of the performance of 6 prognostic signatures for estrogen receptor (ER) –positive breast cancer was performed in a secondary analysis of a randomized …

Breast Cancer: Performance of prognostic signatures Read more »

December 05, 2017 – We are entering the age of precision medicine, in which diagnosis and therapy decisions for each patient will be based on detailed genetic and molecular fingerprints. Unfortunately, much of the revolutionary work that underpins precision medicine has …

Gene expression and ethnicity: Does it matter? Read more »