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Majority retain COVID-19 antibodies for six months after infection

3 February 2021 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

A study has shown that 88 percent of people infected by COVID-19 were able to produce SARS-CoV-2 antibodies after six months.

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Genome-wide association study reveals targets for COVID-19 treatments

14 December 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review)

The study found five key genetic differences when they compared sequences from severe COVID-19 patients to healthy individuals.

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Proteomics study to investigate plasma proteins in 53,000 participants

8 December 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

Next-generation sequencing will be employed to study 1,500 plasma proteins in participants, according to UK Biobank.

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Study identifies 68 genes associated with risk of severe COVID-19

26 June 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

A study has revealed 68 protein-coding genes associated with risk of severe COVID-19, nine of which are targeted by drugs currently in clinical trials.

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Can a computer help us find a treatment for COVID-19?

18 May 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

Researchers are utilising computers to aid in their investigations into a COVID-19 treatment. Here, we highlight three studies using simulations, calculations and AI to identify a drug to combat the coronavirus.

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Petabytes of data – how informatics is transforming precision medicine

26 March 2020 | By Nikki Withers (Drug Target Review)

Advances in informatics have afforded researchers the ability to extrapolate petabytes of human genomics data and translate it into biologically relevant information. However, further translating this information into knowledge can prove challenging. Slavé Petrovski, Vice President and Head of Genome Analytics and Bioinformatics for AstraZeneca’s Centre for Genomics Research, spoke…

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Largest genome sequencing project launched in UK

13 September 2019 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

The UK Biobank, the world’s largest genetics project, will sequence 500,000 genetic samples, which will be available to researchers everywhere.

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‘CRISPR babies’ may have shorter life expectancy

6 June 2019 | By Drug Target Review

A study of almost half a million people links a mutation that protects against HIV infection to an earlier death.

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Three new genes linked to Alzheimer’s identified

24 May 2018 | By Drug Target Review

An international research team has identified three new genes linked to the risk of Alzheimer’s disease...

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KLF14 gene may increase risk of type 2 diabetes

12 April 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Scientists have identified a gene that in women is linked to the creation and location of new fat cells and therefore is thought to contribute to the risk of type 2 diabetes...

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FGF21 gene variant found to lower body fat

11 April 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Researchers have found that a gene that makes humans eat more sugar can also lower body fat...

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