Background: The current outbreak of Ebola has been declared a public health emergency of
international concern. We performed a rigorous and rapid needs assessment to identify the …

Levels of circulating glucose are tightly regulated. To identify new loci influencing glycemic
traits, we performed meta-analyses of 21 genome-wide association studies informative for …

This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope
(JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the …

Powassan virus, a member of the tick-borne encephalitis group of flaviviruses, encompasses
2 lineages with separate enzootic cycles. The prototype lineage of Powassan virus (POWV) …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has substantial heritability, in part shared with fronto-temporal
dementia (FTD). We show that ALS heritability is enriched in splicing variants and in …

Zika (ZIKV) and dengue (DENV) virus infections elicit a robust but cross-reactive antibody
response against the viral envelope protein, while antibody responses against non-structural …

Nearly 80% of cancer patients do not have genetic mutation results available at initial oncology
consultation; up to 25% of patients begin treatment before receiving their results. These …

… When comparing our results with those of Kirsten et al. [8] using the same approach, we
validated 58% of our eligible, independent lead cis-eQTLs and 6% of our trans-eQTLs. We …

Background Conservation practitioners are often interested in developing land use plans
that increase landscape connectivity, which is defined as the degree to which the landscape …

Circulating levels of adiponectin, a hormone produced predominantly by adipocytes, are
highly heritable and are inversely associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and other …