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Attacks on genetic privacy via uploads to genealogical databases
eLife, 2020 Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetics services are increasingly popular, with tens of millions of customers. Several DTC genealogy services allow users to upload genetic data to search for relatives, identified as people with genomes that share identical by ...
Michael D Edge, Graham Coop
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Nature Communications, 2016 Current databases of V genes for antibody repertoire have limitations. Here Corcoran et al. develop a computational approach named IgDiscover that can identify germline V gene sequences from expressed antibody repertoires to high specificity and ...
Martin M. Corcoran +7 more
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Human Genomics, 2010 National and ethnic mutation databases (NEMDBs) are emerging online repositories, recording extensive information about the described genetic heterogeneity of an ethnic group or population. These resources facilitate the provision of genetic services and
van Baal Sjozef +8 more
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DisVar: an R library for identifying variants associated with diseases using large-scale personal genetic information [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Genetic variants may potentially play a contributing factor in the development of diseases. Several genetic disease databases are used in medical research and diagnosis but the web applications used to search these databases for disease ...
Khunanon Chanasongkhram +2 more
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GAPeDNA: Assessing and mapping global species gaps in genetic databases for eDNA metabarcoding
Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity, 2021 Environmental DNA metabarcoding has recently emerged as a non‐invasive tool for aquatic biodiversity inventories, frequently surpassing traditional methods for detecting a wide range of taxa in most habitats.
V. Marques +6 more
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Prevalence estimation of ATTRv in China based on genetic databases
Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 Introduction: Amyloid transthyretin (ATTR) is divided into either hereditary (ATTRv) or sporadic (ATTRwt) and ATTRv is a rare hereditary disease transmitted as an autosomal dominant manner.
Zheng Yongsheng +7 more
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The Regulation of Human Genetic Databases in Japan
SCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology & Society, 2004 Regulators drafting the legal and ethical framework of the UK Biobank Project are attempting to achieve a complex and delicate balance of interests. The regulatory structure which they devise must maximise the usefulness of the Biobank as a long-term ...
Gerard Porter
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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2020 Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a rising health threat with 10 million annual casualties estimated by 2050. Appropriate treatment of infectious diseases with the right antibiotics reduces the spread of antibiotic resistance.
Norhan Mahfouz +4 more
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Problematizing consent: searching genetic genealogy databases for law enforcement purposes
New Genetics and Society, 2021 Genetic genealogy databases have become particularly attractive to law enforcement agencies, especially in the United States (US), which have started to employ genealogists to search them with unknown origin DNA from unidentified human remains (suicides,
G. Samuel, D. Kennett
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Advanced Genetics, 2023 Many recent contributions have made a compelling case that genetic diversity is not adequately reflected in international frameworks and policies, as well as in local governmental processes implementing such frameworks. Using digital sequence information
Isa‐Rita M. Russo +7 more
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