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Updated October 15, 2026
An automated patch-clamp assay assessed CACNA1A variants in a medRxiv preprint posted October 14, 2026. Researchers expressed 26 benign and 30 pathogenic control variants in Flp-In HEK293 cells with CACNB4 and CACNA2D1.
In a bioRxiv preprint that has not been peer reviewed, researchers presented a method to type balanced Robertsonian translocation (ROB) carriers from short and long…
Of 485 probands in a Swedish long-read sequencing pilot, 161 received a molecular diagnosis, and long-read sequencing added clinical value for 40 of them.
In a Nature Genetics study using single-micronucleus sequencing and live-cell imaging of cancer cells alongside analyses of biopsies from patients with neuroblastoma,…
Optogenetic therapy, which switches nerve cells on and off with light, is safe and can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers say.
Researchers are pursuing several routes to bring back the American chestnut: hybrid breeding, breeding from American survivors, gene engineering and viruses that weaken…
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