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A New Way to Map Human DNA: Solving the Genome Puzzle

New genome sequencing algorithm boosts human genome completeness by 20%, improving variant detection and advancing ...

Big data and human height: Scientists develop algorithm to boost biobank data retrieval and analysis

Extracting and analyzing relevant medical information from large-scale databases such as biobanks poses considerable ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Researchers develop new tool to improve accuracy of genetic testing

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital (Duncan NRI) have created a new way to measure genetic variants in the ...
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Local ancestry inference method could improve accuracy of genetic testing and patient diagnoses

Researchers at Texas Children's Neurological Research Institute (NRI) and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a powerful new tool within the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD) to sharpen the ...
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Texas Children’s researchers create groundbreaking tool to improve accuracy of genetic testing

HOUSTON (Oct. 6, 2025) – Researchers at Texas Children’s Neurological Research Institute (NRI) and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a powerful new tool within the Genome Aggregation Database ...
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New algorithm could improve the search for genetic cause of hereditary diseases

So far, it has not been possible to explain the causes of around half of all rare hereditary diseases. A Munich research team has developed an algorithm that predicts the effects of genetic mutations ...
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Novel machine learning method can improve genetic risk assessments for non-white populations

For many diseases and chronic conditions, an individual's genes play a role in their likelihood of developing the disease. While some inherited diseases, such as cystic fibrosis or sickle cell anemia, ...